#259E99#259E99

#259E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E99
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -32.74, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 33.42, 191.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0993 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.101 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7369, 27.1446, 34.3827)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E99 #9E252A

analogous

#259E5C #259E99 #25669E

triadic

#259E99 #99259E #9E9925

tetradic

#259E99 #5C259E #9E252A #669E25

square

#259E99 #5C259E #9E252A #669E25

split-complementary

#259E99 #9E2566 #9E5C25

monochromatic

#0E3B39 #196C69 #259E99 #31CFC8 #63DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#259E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E99

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E99	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb7',
    500: '#259e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e99;
$custom-light: #75bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63534,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E99

secondary

#C05F63

accent

#4349E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E99

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

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