#259F8E#259F8E

#259F8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F8E
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -36.37, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 36.38, 180.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1055 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.106 181)
XYZ	xyz(18.0412, 27.1404, 29.8737)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F8E #9F2536

analogous

#259F51 #259F8E #25739F

triadic

#259F8E #8E259F #9F8E25

tetradic

#259F8E #51259F #9F2536 #739F25

square

#259F8E #51259F #9F2536 #739F25

split-complementary

#259F8E #9F2573 #9F5125

monochromatic

#0E3C35 #196D62 #259F8E #32CFB9 #64DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#259F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F8E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F8E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcaf',
    500: '#259f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f8e;
$custom-light: #75bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.639,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63425,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.27143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F8E

secondary

#C05F6D

accent

#4259E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F8E

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

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