#259E8C#259E8C

#259E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E8C
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -36.48, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 36.48, 179.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.1055 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.105 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7211, 26.7383, 29.0329)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E8C #9E2537

analogous

#259E4F #259E8C #25739E

triadic

#259E8C #8C259E #9E8C25

tetradic

#259E8C #4F259E #9E2537 #739E25

square

#259E8C #4F259E #9E2537 #739E25

split-complementary

#259E8C #9E2573 #9E4F25

monochromatic

#0E3B34 #196C60 #259E8C #31CFB7 #63DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#259E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#259E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E8C

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E8C	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbad',
    500: '#259e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e8c;
$custom-light: #74bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.074,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63102,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E8C

secondary

#C05F6D

accent

#435BE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E8C

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

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