#259EAA#259EAA

#259EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EAA
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -27.53, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 31.59, 209.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0917 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.101 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2423, 27.7468, 42.3112)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EAA #AA3125

analogous

#25AA74 #259EAA #255BAA

triadic

#259EAA #AA259E #9EAA25

tetradic

#259EAA #7425AA #AA3125 #5BAA25

square

#259EAA #7425AA #AA3125 #5BAA25

split-complementary

#259EAA #AA255B #AA7425

monochromatic

#0F4145 #1A6F78 #259EAA #38C6D4 #6BD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#259EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#259EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EAA

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EAA	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc3',
    500: '#259eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259eaa;
$custom-light: #77bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.414,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64165,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EAA

secondary

#C56E66

accent

#5041E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EAA

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

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