#259DA9#259DA9

#259DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259DA9
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -27.35, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 31.41, 209.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0912 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.101 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9782, 27.3694, 41.7583)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259DA9 #A93125

analogous

#25A973 #259DA9 #255BA9

triadic

#259DA9 #A9259D #9DA925

tetradic

#259DA9 #7325A9 #A93125 #5BA925

square

#259DA9 #7325A9 #A93125 #5BA925

split-complementary

#259DA9 #A9255B #A97325

monochromatic

#0F4045 #1A6E77 #259DA9 #38C5D3 #6AD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#259DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#259DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259DA9

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259DA9	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bac2',
    500: '#259da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259da9;
$custom-light: #77bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63874,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259DA9

secondary

#C46E65

accent

#5041E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259DA9

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

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