#259E79#259E79

#259E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E79
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -41.47, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 42.69, 166.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.1147 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.118 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4391, 26.2255, 22.2811)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E79 #9E254A

analogous

#259E3C #259E79 #25869E

triadic

#259E79 #79259E #9E7925

tetradic

#259E79 #3C259E #9E254A #869E25

square

#259E79 #3C259E #9E254A #869E25

split-complementary

#259E79 #9E2586 #9E3C25

monochromatic

#0E3B2D #196C53 #259E79 #31CF9F #63DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#259E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#259E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E79

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E79	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9f',
    500: '#259e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e79;
$custom-light: #73bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.653,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E79

secondary

#C05F7D

accent

#4374E5

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E79

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

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