#259F9C#259F9C

#259F9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F9C
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -32.33, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 33.25, 193.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.099 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.101 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1590, 27.5875, 35.7612)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F9C #9F2528

analogous

#259F5F #259F9C #25659F

triadic

#259F9C #9C259F #9F9C25

tetradic

#259F9C #5F259F #9F2528 #659F25

square

#259F9C #5F259F #9F2528 #659F25

split-complementary

#259F9C #9F2565 #9F5F25

monochromatic

#0E3C3B #196D6B #259F9C #32CFCB #64DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#259F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#259F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F9C

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F9C	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb9',
    500: '#259f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f9c;
$custom-light: #76bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63895,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F9C

secondary

#C05F62

accent

#4246E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F9C

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

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