#259E9B#259E9B

#259E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E9B
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -32.15, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 33.07, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0984 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.101 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9034, 27.2113, 35.2600)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E9B #9E2528

analogous

#259E5E #259E9B #25659E

triadic

#259E9B #9B259E #9E9B25

tetradic

#259E9B #5E259E #9E2528 #659E25

square

#259E9B #5E259E #9E2528 #659E25

split-complementary

#259E9B #9E2565 #9E5E25

monochromatic

#0E3B3A #196C6A #259E9B #31CFCB #63DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#259E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#259E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E9B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E9B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb8',
    500: '#259e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e9b;
$custom-light: #76bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63605,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E9B

secondary

#C05F61

accent

#4347E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E9B

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

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