#259E8D#259E8D

#259E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E8D
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -36.20, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 36.20, 180.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.105 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.105 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7952, 26.7680, 29.4230)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E8D #9E2536

analogous

#259E50 #259E8D #25729E

triadic

#259E8D #8D259E #9E8D25

tetradic

#259E8D #50259E #9E2536 #729E25

square

#259E8D #50259E #9E2536 #729E25

split-complementary

#259E8D #9E2572 #9E5025

monochromatic

#0E3B34 #196C61 #259E8D #31CFB9 #63DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#259E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#259E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E8D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E8D	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)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbae',
    500: '#259e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e8d;
$custom-light: #74bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.57,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E8D

secondary

#C05F6D

accent

#4359E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E8D

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

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