#259D96#259D96

#259D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.101 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D96
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -33.16, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 33.63, 189.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0997 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.101 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.3223, 26.7070, 33.0376)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D96 #9D252C

analogous

#259D5A #259D96 #25689D

triadic

#259D96 #96259D #9D9625

tetradic

#259D96 #5A259D #9D252C #689D25

square

#259D96 #5A259D #9D252C #689D25

split-complementary

#259D96 #9D2568 #9D5A25

monochromatic

#0E3A37 #196B67 #259D96 #31CEC5 #62DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#259D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#259D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D96

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D96	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.101 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab4',
    500: '#259d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d96;
$custom-light: #75bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63174,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.26709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D96

secondary

#BF5E64

accent

#434CE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D96

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

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