#259D9B#259D9B

#259D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D9B
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -31.67, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 32.72, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0974 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.1 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7336, 26.8715, 35.2034)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D9B #9D2527

analogous

#259D5F #259D9B #25639D

triadic

#259D9B #9B259D #9D9B25

tetradic

#259D9B #5F259D #9D2527 #639D25

square

#259D9B #5F259D #9D2527 #639D25

split-complementary

#259D9B #9D2563 #9D5F25

monochromatic

#0E3A39 #196B6A #259D9B #31CECC #62DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#259D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D9B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D9B	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab8',
    500: '#259d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d9b;
$custom-light: #75bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D9B

secondary

#BF5E60

accent

#4346E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D9B

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

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