#259F8D#259F8D

#259F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F8D
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -36.65, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 36.65, 179.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.106 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.106 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9664, 27.1105, 29.4801)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F8D #9F2537

analogous

#259F50 #259F8D #25749F

triadic

#259F8D #8D259F #9F8D25

tetradic

#259F8D #50259F #9F2537 #749F25

square

#259F8D #50259F #9F2537 #749F25

split-complementary

#259F8D #9F2574 #9F5025

monochromatic

#0E3C35 #196D61 #259F8D #32CFB8 #64DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#259F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F8D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F8D	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)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcae',
    500: '#259f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f8d;
$custom-light: #74bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63393,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F8D

secondary

#C05F6E

accent

#425BE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F8D

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

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