#259E88#259E88

#259E88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E88
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -37.58, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 37.64, 176.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.1074 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.108 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4315, 26.6225, 27.5077)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E88 #9E253B

analogous

#259E4B #259E88 #25779E

triadic

#259E88 #88259E #9E8825

tetradic

#259E88 #4B259E #9E253B #779E25

square

#259E88 #4B259E #9E253B #779E25

split-complementary

#259E88 #9E2577 #9E4B25

monochromatic

#0E3B33 #196C5D #259E88 #31CFB2 #63DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#259E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#259E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E88

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E88	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)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaa',
    500: '#259e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e88;
$custom-light: #74bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62978,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E88

secondary

#C05F71

accent

#4360E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E88

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

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