#259E87#259E87

#259E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.108 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E87
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -37.85, 2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 37.95, 175.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.1079 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.108 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3608, 26.5942, 27.1352)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E87 #9E253C

analogous

#259E4A #259E87 #25789E

triadic

#259E87 #87259E #9E8725

tetradic

#259E87 #4A259E #9E253C #789E25

square

#259E87 #4A259E #9E253C #789E25

split-complementary

#259E87 #9E2578 #9E4A25

monochromatic

#0E3B32 #196C5D #259E87 #31CFB1 #63DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#259E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#259E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E87

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E87	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.108 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba9',
    500: '#259e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e87;
$custom-light: #74bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.595,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E87

secondary

#C05F71

accent

#4362E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E87

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

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