#259E9C#259E9C

#259E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E9C
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -31.85, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 32.90, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.098 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9878, 27.2450, 35.7041)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E9C #9E2527

analogous

#259E5F #259E9C #25639E

triadic

#259E9C #9C259E #9E9C25

tetradic

#259E9C #5F259E #9E2527 #639E25

square

#259E9C #5F259E #9E2527 #639E25

split-complementary

#259E9C #9E2563 #9E5F25

monochromatic

#0E3B3A #196C6B #259E9C #31CFCC #63DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#259E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#259E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E9C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E9C	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb9',
    500: '#259e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e9c;
$custom-light: #76bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6364,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E9C

secondary

#C05F61

accent

#4345E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E9C

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

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