#259E98#259E98

#259E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E98
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -33.04, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 33.61, 190.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0998 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6546, 27.1117, 33.9496)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E98 #9E252B

analogous

#259E5B #259E98 #25679E

triadic

#259E98 #98259E #9E9825

tetradic

#259E98 #5B259E #9E252B #679E25

square

#259E98 #5B259E #9E252B #679E25

split-complementary

#259E98 #9E2567 #9E5B25

monochromatic

#0E3B39 #196C68 #259E98 #31CFC7 #63DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#259E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E98

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E98	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)

#959598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb6',
    500: '#259e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e98;
$custom-light: #75bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63499,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E98

secondary

#C05F64

accent

#434BE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E98

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

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