#259F99#259F99

#259F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F99
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -33.22, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 33.80, 190.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.1004 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.102 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9081, 27.4872, 34.4398)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F99 #9F252B

analogous

#259F5C #259F99 #25689F

triadic

#259F99 #99259F #9F9925

tetradic

#259F99 #5C259F #9F252B #689F25

square

#259F99 #5C259F #9F252B #689F25

split-complementary

#259F99 #9F2568 #9F5C25

monochromatic

#0E3C39 #196D69 #259F99 #32CFC8 #64DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#259F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#259F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F99

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F99	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb7',
    500: '#259f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f99;
$custom-light: #76bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6379,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F99

secondary

#C05F64

accent

#424AE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F99

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

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