#259D9D#259D9D

#259D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D9D
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -31.07, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 32.42, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0965 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9029, 26.9393, 36.0953)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D9D #9D2525

analogous

#259D61 #259D9D #25619D

triadic

#259D9D #9D259D #9D9D25

tetradic

#259D9D #61259D #9D2525 #619D25

square

#259D9D #61259D #9D2525 #619D25

split-complementary

#259D9D #9D2561 #9D6125

monochromatic

#0E3A3A #196B6B #259D9D #31CECE #62DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#259D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D9D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D9D	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#259d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d9d;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D9D

secondary

#BF5E5E

accent

#4343E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D9D

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

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