#259EAE#259EAE

#259EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.102 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EAE
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -26.25, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 31.58, 213.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.09 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.102 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6264, 27.9005, 44.3344)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EAE #AE3525

analogous

#25AE7A #259EAE #255AAE

triadic

#259EAE #AE259E #9EAE25

tetradic

#259EAE #7A25AE #AE3525 #5AAE25

square

#259EAE #7A25AE #AE3525 #5AAE25

split-complementary

#259EAE #AE255A #AE7A25

monochromatic

#104249 #1A707C #259EAE #3BC3D5 #6DD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#259EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#259EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EAE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EAE	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.102 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc6',
    500: '#259eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259eae;
$custom-light: #78bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EAE

secondary

#C67368

accent

#5440E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EAE

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

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