#259E81#259E81

#259E81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.112 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E81
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 18.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -39.44, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 39.88, 171.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.1108 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.112 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9502, 26.4300, 24.9728)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E81 #9E2542

analogous

#259E44 #259E81 #257E9E

triadic

#259E81 #81259E #9E8125

tetradic

#259E81 #44259E #9E2542 #7E9E25

square

#259E81 #44259E #9E2542 #7E9E25

split-complementary

#259E81 #9E257E #9E4425

monochromatic

#0E3B30 #196C59 #259E81 #31CFA9 #63DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#259E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E81

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E81	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.112 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba5',
    500: '#259e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e81;
$custom-light: #74bba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.62,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E81

secondary

#C05F76

accent

#436AE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E81

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

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