#259E7B#259E7B

#259E7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E7B
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 123)
HSL	hsl(163, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 22.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -40.97, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 41.97, 167.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.1137 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.116 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5630, 26.2751, 22.9337)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E7B #9E2548

analogous

#259E3F #259E7B #25849E

triadic

#259E7B #7B259E #9E7B25

tetradic

#259E7B #3F259E #9E2548 #849E25

square

#259E7B #3F259E #9E2548 #849E25

split-complementary

#259E7B #9E2584 #9E3F25

monochromatic

#0E3B2E #196C54 #259E7B #31CFA1 #63DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#259E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#259E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E7B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E7B	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba1',
    500: '#259e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e7b;
$custom-light: #73bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.645,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E7B

secondary

#C05F7B

accent

#4372E5

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E7B

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

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