#259E90#259E90

#259E90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E90
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 8.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -35.35, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 35.41, 183.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.1036 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.104 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0214, 26.8585, 30.6146)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E90 #9E2533

analogous

#259E53 #259E90 #256F9E

triadic

#259E90 #90259E #9E9025

tetradic

#259E90 #53259E #9E2533 #6F9E25

square

#259E90 #53259E #9E2533 #6F9E25

split-complementary

#259E90 #9E256F #9E5325

monochromatic

#0E3B36 #196C63 #259E90 #31CFBD #63DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#259E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#259E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E90

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E90	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)

#969590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb0',
    500: '#259e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e90;
$custom-light: #75bbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.058,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63231,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E90

secondary

#C05F6A

accent

#4355E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E90

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

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