#259E8A#259E8A

#259E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E8A
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -37.03, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 37.05, 178.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1064 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.106 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5750, 26.6799, 28.2633)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E8A #9E2539

analogous

#259E4E #259E8A #25759E

triadic

#259E8A #8A259E #9E8A25

tetradic

#259E8A #4E259E #9E2539 #759E25

square

#259E8A #4E259E #9E2539 #759E25

split-complementary

#259E8A #9E2575 #9E4E25

monochromatic

#0E3B33 #196C5F #259E8A #31CFB5 #63DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#259E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#259E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E8A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E8A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbac',
    500: '#259e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e8a;
$custom-light: #74bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.083,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6304,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E8A

secondary

#C05F6F

accent

#435EE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E8A

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

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