#259E85#259E85

#259E85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E85
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 15.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -38.38, 3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 38.57, 174.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.1089 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.109 175)
XYZ	xyz(17.2213, 26.5384, 26.4006)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E85 #9E253E

analogous

#259E48 #259E85 #257A9E

triadic

#259E85 #85259E #9E8525

tetradic

#259E85 #48259E #9E253E #7A9E25

square

#259E85 #48259E #9E253E #7A9E25

split-complementary

#259E85 #9E257A #9E4825

monochromatic

#0E3B32 #196C5B #259E85 #31CFAE #63DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#259E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#259E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E85

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E85	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba8',
    500: '#259e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e85;
$custom-light: #74bba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.603,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.2654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E85

secondary

#C05F73

accent

#4364E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E85

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

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