#259D8D#259D8D

#259D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D8D
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -35.74, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 35.75, 181.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.104 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.104 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6253, 26.4282, 29.3664)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D8D #9D2535

analogous

#259D51 #259D8D #25719D

triadic

#259D8D #8D259D #9D8D25

tetradic

#259D8D #51259D #9D2535 #719D25

square

#259D8D #51259D #9D2535 #719D25

split-complementary

#259D8D #9D2571 #9D5125

monochromatic

#0E3A34 #196B61 #259D8D #31CEB9 #62DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#259D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D8D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D8D	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baae',
    500: '#259d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d8d;
$custom-light: #74baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D8D

secondary

#BF5E6B

accent

#4358E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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