#259EA9#259EA9

#259EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EA9
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -27.84, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 31.62, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0922 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1480, 27.7091, 41.8149)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EA9 #A93025

analogous

#25A972 #259EA9 #255CA9

triadic

#259EA9 #A9259E #9EA925

tetradic

#259EA9 #7225A9 #A93025 #5CA925

square

#259EA9 #7225A9 #A93025 #5CA925

split-complementary

#259EA9 #A9255C #A97225

monochromatic

#0F4045 #1A6F77 #259EA9 #38C6D3 #6AD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#259EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#259EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EA9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EA9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc2',
    500: '#259ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ea9;
$custom-light: #77bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64125,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EA9

secondary

#C46D65

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EA9

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

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