#259E97#259E97

#259E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E97
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -33.33, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 33.81, 189.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.1003 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.102 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.5731, 27.0791, 33.5201)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E97 #9E252C

analogous

#259E5A #259E97 #25689E

triadic

#259E97 #97259E #9E9725

tetradic

#259E97 #5A259E #9E252C #689E25

square

#259E97 #5A259E #9E252C #689E25

split-complementary

#259E97 #9E2568 #9E5A25

monochromatic

#0E3B38 #196C68 #259E97 #31CFC6 #63DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#259E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E97

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E97	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb5',
    500: '#259e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e97;
$custom-light: #75bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63465,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E97

secondary

#C05F65

accent

#434CE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E97

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

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