#259E80#259E80

#259E80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E80
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 128)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 19%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -39.70, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 40.22, 170.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.1113 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.113 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8840, 26.4035, 24.6244)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E80 #9E2543

analogous

#259E43 #259E80 #257F9E

triadic

#259E80 #80259E #9E8025

tetradic

#259E80 #43259E #9E2543 #7F9E25

square

#259E80 #43259E #9E2543 #7F9E25

split-complementary

#259E80 #9E257F #9E4325

monochromatic

#0E3B30 #196C58 #259E80 #31CFA8 #63DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#259E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E80

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E80	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba4',
    500: '#259e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e80;
$custom-light: #74bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.124,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E80

secondary

#C05F77

accent

#436BE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E80

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

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