#259F8C#259F8C

#259F8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F8C
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -36.93, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 36.93, 179.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1065 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.107 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8923, 27.0809, 29.0900)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F8C #9F2538

analogous

#259F4F #259F8C #25759F

triadic

#259F8C #8C259F #9F8C25

tetradic

#259F8C #4F259F #9F2538 #759F25

square

#259F8C #4F259F #9F2538 #759F25

split-complementary

#259F8C #9F2575 #9F4F25

monochromatic

#0E3C35 #196D60 #259F8C #32CFB7 #64DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#259F8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F8C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F8C	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcad',
    500: '#259f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f8c;
$custom-light: #74bcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F8C

secondary

#C05F6F

accent

#425CE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F8C

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

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