#259E86#259E86

#259E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E86
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -38.12, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 38.26, 175.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.1084 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.109 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2907, 26.5662, 26.7661)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E86 #9E253D

analogous

#259E49 #259E86 #25799E

triadic

#259E86 #86259E #9E8625

tetradic

#259E86 #49259E #9E253D #799E25

square

#259E86 #49259E #9E253D #799E25

split-complementary

#259E86 #9E2579 #9E4925

monochromatic

#0E3B32 #196C5C #259E86 #31CFB0 #63DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#259E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#259E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E86

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E86	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)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba9',
    500: '#259e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e86;
$custom-light: #74bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.099,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62918,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E86

secondary

#C05F72

accent

#4363E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E86

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

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