#259EA8#259EA8

#259EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EA8
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -28.16, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 31.66, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0926 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0545, 27.6717, 41.3224)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EA8 #A82F25

analogous

#25A870 #259EA8 #255DA8

triadic

#259EA8 #A8259E #9EA825

tetradic

#259EA8 #7025A8 #A82F25 #5DA825

square

#259EA8 #7025A8 #A82F25 #5DA825

split-complementary

#259EA8 #A8255D #A87025

monochromatic

#0F4044 #1A6F76 #259EA8 #37C7D3 #69D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#259EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#259EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EA8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EA8	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc1',
    500: '#259ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ea8;
$custom-light: #77bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64087,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EA8

secondary

#C46C65

accent

#4E41E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EA8

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

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