#259E9E#259E9E

#259E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E9E
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -31.25, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 32.60, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0971 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1585, 27.3133, 36.6034)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E9E #9E2525

analogous

#259E61 #259E9E #25619E

triadic

#259E9E #9E259E #9E9E25

tetradic

#259E9E #61259E #9E2525 #619E25

square

#259E9E #61259E #9E2525 #619E25

split-complementary

#259E9E #9E2561 #9E6125

monochromatic

#0E3B3B #196C6C #259E9E #31CFCF #63DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#259E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#259E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E9E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E9E	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)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbba',
    500: '#259e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e9e;
$custom-light: #76bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63712,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E9E

secondary

#C05F5F

accent

#4343E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E9E

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

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