#259E72#259E72

#259E72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.123 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E72
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(158, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -43.15, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 45.32, 162.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.1182 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.123 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0253, 26.0600, 20.1018)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E72 #9E2551

analogous

#259E36 #259E72 #258D9E

triadic

#259E72 #72259E #9E7225

tetradic

#259E72 #36259E #9E2551 #8D9E25

square

#259E72 #36259E #9E2551 #8D9E25

split-complementary

#259E72 #9E258D #9E3625

monochromatic

#0E3B2A #196C4E #259E72 #31CF96 #63DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#259E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#259E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E72

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E72	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.123 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9a',
    500: '#259e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e72;
$custom-light: #73bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62369,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E72

secondary

#C05F82

accent

#437EE5

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E72

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

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