#259CC6#259CC6

#259CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.117 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CC6
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -17.20, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 35.09, 240.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0786 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.117 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8402, 28.2446, 57.6631)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CC6 #C64F25

analogous

#25C69F #259CC6 #254BC6

triadic

#259CC6 #C6259C #9CC625

tetradic

#259CC6 #9F25C6 #C64F25 #4BC625

square

#259CC6 #9F25C6 #C64F25 #4BC625

split-complementary

#259CC6 #C6254B #C69F25

monochromatic

#124B5F #1B7392 #259CC6 #4BB7DD #7ECCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#259CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#259CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CC6

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CC6	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)

#8699C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.117 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d7',
    500: '#259cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259cc6;
$custom-light: #7bb9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64878,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CC6

secondary

#CF8E77

accent

#6A3CEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CC6

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

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