#259F9E#259F9E

#259F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259F9E
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -31.73, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 32.93, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0981 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.101 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3298, 27.6558, 36.6605)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259F9E #9F2526

analogous

#259F61 #259F9E #25639F

triadic

#259F9E #9E259F #9F9E25

tetradic

#259F9E #61259F #9F2526 #639F25

square

#259F9E #61259F #9F2526 #639F25

split-complementary

#259F9E #9F2563 #9F6125

monochromatic

#0E3C3B #196D6D #259F9E #32CFCE #64DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#259F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#259F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259F9E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259F9E	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcba',
    500: '#259f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259f9e;
$custom-light: #76bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.508,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259F9E

secondary

#C05F60

accent

#4244E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #259F9E

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

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