#259E78#259E78

#259E78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E78
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -41.71, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 43.06, 165.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.1152 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.118 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3781, 26.2011, 21.9598)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E78 #9E254B

analogous

#259E3B #259E78 #25879E

triadic

#259E78 #78259E #9E7825

tetradic

#259E78 #3B259E #9E254B #879E25

square

#259E78 #3B259E #9E254B #879E25

split-complementary

#259E78 #9E2587 #9E3B25

monochromatic

#0E3B2D #196C52 #259E78 #31CF9D #63DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#259E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#259E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E78

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E78	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9f',
    500: '#259e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e78;
$custom-light: #73bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.157,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E78

secondary

#C05F7D

accent

#4376E5

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E78

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

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