#259E83#259E83

#259E83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E83
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 131)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 17.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -38.91, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 39.22, 172.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.1098 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.111 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0844, 26.4837, 25.6798)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E83 #9E2540

analogous

#259E47 #259E83 #257C9E

triadic

#259E83 #83259E #9E8325

tetradic

#259E83 #47259E #9E2540 #7C9E25

square

#259E83 #47259E #9E2540 #7C9E25

split-complementary

#259E83 #9E257C #9E4725

monochromatic

#0E3B31 #196C5A #259E83 #31CFAC #63DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#259E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#259E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E83

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E83	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba7',
    500: '#259e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e83;
$custom-light: #74bba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.612,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E83

secondary

#C05F75

accent

#4367E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E83

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

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