#259EA6#259EA6

#259EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EA6
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -28.79, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 31.77, 205.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0935 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8696, 27.5978, 40.3487)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EA6 #A62D25

analogous

#25A66E #259EA6 #255EA6

triadic

#259EA6 #A6259E #9EA625

tetradic

#259EA6 #6E25A6 #A62D25 #5EA625

square

#259EA6 #6E25A6 #A62D25 #5EA625

split-complementary

#259EA6 #A6255E #A66E25

monochromatic

#0F3F42 #1A6E74 #259EA6 #36C9D2 #68D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#259EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#259EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EA6

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EA6	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc0',
    500: '#259ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ea6;
$custom-light: #77bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.721,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EA6

secondary

#C36964

accent

#4B41E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EA6

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

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