#259F87#259F87

#259F87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.109 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F87
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 135)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 15.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -38.29, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 38.43, 175.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.1089 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.109 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5320, 26.9367, 27.1923)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F87 #9F253D

analogous

#259F4A #259F87 #257A9F

triadic

#259F87 #87259F #9F8725

tetradic

#259F87 #4A259F #9F253D #7A9F25

square

#259F87 #4A259F #9F253D #7A9F25

split-complementary

#259F87 #9F257A #9F4A25

monochromatic

#0E3C33 #196D5D #259F87 #32CFB0 #64DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#259F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F87

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F87	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.109 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bca9',
    500: '#259f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f87;
$custom-light: #74bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63209,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F87

secondary

#C05F73

accent

#4263E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F87

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

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