#259E96#259E96

#259E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E96
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -33.63, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 34.02, 188.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1008 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.102 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4922, 27.0468, 33.0942)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E96 #9E252D

analogous

#259E59 #259E96 #25699E

triadic

#259E96 #96259E #9E9625

tetradic

#259E96 #59259E #9E252D #699E25

square

#259E96 #59259E #9E252D #699E25

split-complementary

#259E96 #9E2569 #9E5925

monochromatic

#0E3B38 #196C67 #259E96 #31CFC4 #63DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#259E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#259E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E96

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E96	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb4',
    500: '#259e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e96;
$custom-light: #75bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.033,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E96

secondary

#C05F65

accent

#434DE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E96

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

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