#259E7E#259E7E

#259E7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E7E
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 20.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -40.21, 7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 40.91, 169.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1123 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.114 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7537, 26.3514, 23.9380)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E7E #9E2545

analogous

#259E41 #259E7E #25819E

triadic

#259E7E #7E259E #9E7E25

tetradic

#259E7E #41259E #9E2545 #819E25

square

#259E7E #41259E #9E2545 #819E25

split-complementary

#259E7E #9E2581 #9E4125

monochromatic

#0E3B2F #196C56 #259E7E #31CFA5 #63DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#259E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#259E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E7E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E7E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba3',
    500: '#259e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e7e;
$custom-light: #73bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.132,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62686,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E7E

secondary

#C05F79

accent

#436EE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E7E

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

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