#259E8F#259E8F

#259E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E8F
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -35.64, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 35.67, 182.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.104 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.104 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9453, 26.8280, 30.2138)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E8F #9E2534

analogous

#259E52 #259E8F #25709E

triadic

#259E8F #8F259E #9E8F25

tetradic

#259E8F #52259E #9E2534 #709E25

square

#259E8F #52259E #9E2534 #709E25

split-complementary

#259E8F #9E2570 #9E5225

monochromatic

#0E3B35 #196C62 #259E8F #31CFBB #63DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#259E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#259E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E8F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E8F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaf',
    500: '#259e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e8f;
$custom-light: #74bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.562,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63198,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E8F

secondary

#C05F6B

accent

#4357E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E8F

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

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