#259D9F#259D9F

#259D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D9F
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -30.46, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 32.15, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0956 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.1 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0751, 27.0081, 37.0019)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D9F #9F2725

analogous

#259F64 #259D9F #25609F

triadic

#259D9F #9F259D #9D9F25

tetradic

#259D9F #64259F #9F2725 #609F25

square

#259D9F #64259F #9F2725 #609F25

split-complementary

#259D9F #9F2560 #9F6425

monochromatic

#0E3B3C #196C6D #259D9F #32CDCF #64D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#259D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#259D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D9F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D9F	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)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76babb',
    500: '#259d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d9f;
$custom-light: #76babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D9F

secondary

#C0615F

accent

#4542E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D9F

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

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