#259D99#259D99

#259D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D99
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -32.27, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 33.06, 192.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0983 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5670, 26.8049, 34.3261)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D99 #9D2529

analogous

#259D5D #259D99 #25659D

triadic

#259D99 #99259D #9D9925

tetradic

#259D99 #5D259D #9D2529 #659D25

square

#259D99 #5D259D #9D2529 #659D25

split-complementary

#259D99 #9D2565 #9D5D25

monochromatic

#0E3A38 #196B69 #259D99 #31CEC9 #62DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#259D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#259D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D99

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D99	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab7',
    500: '#259d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d99;
$custom-light: #75bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63278,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D99

secondary

#BF5E62

accent

#4348E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D99

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

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