#259F8F#259F8F

#259F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F8F
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -36.09, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 36.11, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.1051 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.105 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1166, 27.1705, 30.2709)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F8F #9F2535

analogous

#259F52 #259F8F #25729F

triadic

#259F8F #8F259F #9F8F25

tetradic

#259F8F #52259F #9F2535 #729F25

square

#259F8F #52259F #9F2535 #729F25

split-complementary

#259F8F #9F2572 #9F5225

monochromatic

#0E3C36 #196D62 #259F8F #32CFBB #64DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#259F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#259F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F8F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F8F	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcaf',
    500: '#259f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f8f;
$custom-light: #75bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.131,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F8F

secondary

#C05F6C

accent

#4258E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F8F

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

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