#259D8E#259D8E

#259D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D8E
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -35.46, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 35.49, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.1035 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.104 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7000, 26.4581, 29.7600)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D8E #9D2534

analogous

#259D52 #259D8E #25709D

triadic

#259D8E #8E259D #9D8E25

tetradic

#259D8E #52259D #9D2534 #709D25

square

#259D8E #52259D #9D2534 #709D25

split-complementary

#259D8E #9D2570 #9D5225

monochromatic

#0E3A34 #196B61 #259D8E #31CEBB #62DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#259D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D8E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D8E	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)

#95948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#259d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d8e;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62907,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D8E

secondary

#BF5E6A

accent

#4357E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D8E

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

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