#259F8A#259F8A

#259F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F8A
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -37.48, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 37.51, 177.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1075 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.108 178)
XYZ	xyz(17.7462, 27.0224, 28.3204)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F8A #9F253A

analogous

#259F4D #259F8A #25779F

triadic

#259F8A #8A259F #9F8A25

tetradic

#259F8A #4D259F #9F253A #779F25

square

#259F8A #4D259F #9F253A #779F25

split-complementary

#259F8A #9F2577 #9F4D25

monochromatic

#0E3C34 #196D5F #259F8A #32CFB4 #64DBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#259F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#259F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F8A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F8A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcac',
    500: '#259f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f8a;
$custom-light: #74bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.672,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.633,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.27025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F8A

secondary

#C05F70

accent

#425FE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F8A

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

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