#259D97#259D97

#259D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D97
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -32.86, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 33.43, 190.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0993 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4032, 26.7394, 33.4634)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D97 #9D252B

analogous

#259D5B #259D97 #25679D

triadic

#259D97 #97259D #9D9725

tetradic

#259D97 #5B259D #9D252B #679D25

square

#259D97 #5B259D #9D252B #679D25

split-complementary

#259D97 #9D2567 #9D5B25

monochromatic

#0E3A38 #196B67 #259D97 #31CEC7 #62DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#259D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#259D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D97

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D97	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab5',
    500: '#259d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d97;
$custom-light: #75bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63208,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D97

secondary

#BF5E63

accent

#434BE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D97

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

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