#259E9D#259E9D

#259E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E9D
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -31.55, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.75, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0975 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.101 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0728, 27.2790, 36.1519)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E9D #9E2526

analogous

#259E60 #259E9D #25629E

triadic

#259E9D #9D259E #9E9D25

tetradic

#259E9D #60259E #9E2526 #629E25

square

#259E9D #60259E #9E2526 #629E25

split-complementary

#259E9D #9E2562 #9E6025

monochromatic

#0E3B3A #196C6C #259E9D #31CFCE #63DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#259E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#259E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E9D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E9D	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb9',
    500: '#259e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e9d;
$custom-light: #76bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63676,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E9D

secondary

#C05F60

accent

#4344E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E9D

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

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