#259CC9#259CC9

#259CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CC9
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -16.16, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 35.92, 243.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0775 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.119 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1897, 28.3844, 59.5035)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CC9 #C95225

analogous

#25C9A4 #259CC9 #254AC9

triadic

#259CC9 #C9259C #9CC925

tetradic

#259CC9 #A425C9 #C95225 #4AC925

square

#259CC9 #A425C9 #C95225 #4AC925

split-complementary

#259CC9 #C9254A #C9A425

monochromatic

#124C62 #1B7495 #259CC9 #4DB6DE #81CBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#259CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#259CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CC9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CC9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d9',
    500: '#259cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259cc9;
$custom-light: #7cb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.463,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CC9

secondary

#D09179

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CC9

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

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