#259D8F#259D8F

#259D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D8F
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -35.18, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 35.23, 183.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.103 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.103 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7754, 26.4883, 30.1572)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D8F #9D2533

analogous

#259D53 #259D8F #256F9D

triadic

#259D8F #8F259D #9D8F25

tetradic

#259D8F #53259D #9D2533 #6F9D25

square

#259D8F #53259D #9D2533 #6F9D25

split-complementary

#259D8F #9D256F #9D5325

monochromatic

#0E3A35 #196B62 #259D8F #31CEBC #62DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#259D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#259D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D8F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D8F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#259d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d8f;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D8F

secondary

#BF5E6A

accent

#4356E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D8F

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

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