#259D9E#259D9E

#259D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D9E
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -30.76, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 32.28, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0961 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.1 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9886, 26.9735, 36.5468)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D9E #9E2625

analogous

#259E62 #259D9E #25609E

triadic

#259D9E #9E259D #9D9E25

tetradic

#259D9E #62259E #9E2625 #609E25

square

#259D9E #62259E #9E2625 #609E25

split-complementary

#259D9E #9E2560 #9E6225

monochromatic

#0E3A3B #196C6C #259D9E #31CECF #63D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#259D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#259D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D9E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D9E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baba',
    500: '#259d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d9e;
$custom-light: #76baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D9E

secondary

#C0605F

accent

#4443E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D9E

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

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