#259E9F#259E9F

#259E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259E9F
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -30.94, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 32.46, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0966 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.1 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2449, 27.3479, 37.0585)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259E9F #9F2625

analogous

#259F63 #259E9F #25619F

triadic

#259E9F #9F259E #9E9F25

tetradic

#259E9F #63259F #9F2625 #619F25

square

#259E9F #63259F #9F2625 #619F25

split-complementary

#259E9F #9F2561 #9F6325

monochromatic

#0E3B3C #196D6D #259E9F #32CECF #64DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#259E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#259E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259E9F

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259E9F	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8289A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbbb',
    500: '#259e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259e9f;
$custom-light: #76bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63748,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259E9F

secondary

#C0605F

accent

#4442E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259E9F

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

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