#259F9D#259F9D

#259F9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F9D
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -32.03, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 33.09, 194.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0985 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2441, 27.6215, 36.2090)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F9D #9F2527

analogous

#259F60 #259F9D #25649F

triadic

#259F9D #9D259F #9F9D25

tetradic

#259F9D #60259F #9F2527 #649F25

square

#259F9D #60259F #9F2527 #649F25

split-complementary

#259F9D #9F2564 #9F6025

monochromatic

#0E3C3B #196D6C #259F9D #32CFCD #64DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#259F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#259F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F9D

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F9D	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)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb9',
    500: '#259f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f9d;
$custom-light: #76bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63931,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F9D

secondary

#C05F61

accent

#4245E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F9D

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

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