#259E8E#259E8E

#259E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.105 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E8E
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -35.92, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 35.93, 181.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.1045 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.105 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8699, 26.7979, 29.8166)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E8E #9E2535

analogous

#259E51 #259E8E #25719E

triadic

#259E8E #8E259E #9E8E25

tetradic

#259E8E #51259E #9E2535 #719E25

square

#259E8E #51259E #9E2535 #719E25

split-complementary

#259E8E #9E2571 #9E5125

monochromatic

#0E3B35 #196C61 #259E8E #31CFBA #63DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#259E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#259E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E8E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E8E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.105 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaf',
    500: '#259e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e8e;
$custom-light: #74bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E8E

secondary

#C05F6C

accent

#4358E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E8E

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

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