#259E89#259E89

#259E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E89
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -37.30, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 37.34, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.1069 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.107 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5029, 26.6511, 27.8838)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E89 #9E253A

analogous

#259E4C #259E89 #25769E

triadic

#259E89 #89259E #9E8925

tetradic

#259E89 #4C259E #9E253A #769E25

square

#259E89 #4C259E #9E253A #769E25

split-complementary

#259E89 #9E2576 #9E4C25

monochromatic

#0E3B33 #196C5E #259E89 #31CFB4 #63DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#259E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#259E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E89

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E89	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbab',
    500: '#259e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e89;
$custom-light: #74bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.587,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63009,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E89

secondary

#C05F70

accent

#435FE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E89

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

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