#259FAE#259FAE

#259FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.103 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259FAE
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -26.75, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 31.74, 212.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.091 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.103 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7977, 28.2430, 44.3915)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259FAE #AE3425

analogous

#25AE79 #259FAE #255BAE

triadic

#259FAE #AE259F #9FAE25

tetradic

#259FAE #7925AE #AE3425 #5BAE25

square

#259FAE #7925AE #AE3425 #5BAE25

split-complementary

#259FAE #AE255B #AE7925

monochromatic

#104349 #1A717C #259FAE #3BC4D5 #6DD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#259FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#259FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259FAE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259FAE	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.103 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc6',
    500: '#259fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259fae;
$custom-light: #78bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.569,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64573,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259FAE

secondary

#C67368

accent

#5240E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #259FAE

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

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