#259D9C#259D9C

#259D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D9C
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -31.37, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 32.56, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.097 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8179, 26.9052, 35.6475)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D9C #9D2526

analogous

#259D60 #259D9C #25629D

triadic

#259D9C #9C259D #9D9C25

tetradic

#259D9C #60259D #9D2526 #629D25

square

#259D9C #60259D #9D2526 #629D25

split-complementary

#259D9C #9D2562 #9D6025

monochromatic

#0E3A3A #196B6B #259D9C #31CECD #62DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#259D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D9C

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D9C	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#259d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d9c;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D9C

secondary

#BF5E5F

accent

#4344E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D9C

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

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