#259E91#259E91

#259E91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E91
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -35.07, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 35.16, 184.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.1031 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.103 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0982, 26.8892, 31.0189)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E91 #9E2532

analogous

#259E54 #259E91 #256E9E

triadic

#259E91 #91259E #9E9125

tetradic

#259E91 #54259E #9E2532 #6E9E25

square

#259E91 #54259E #9E2532 #6E9E25

split-complementary

#259E91 #9E256E #9E5425

monochromatic

#0E3B36 #196C63 #259E91 #31CFBE #63DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#259E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E91

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E91	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb1',
    500: '#259e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e91;
$custom-light: #75bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.554,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E91

secondary

#C05F69

accent

#4354E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E91

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

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