#259DC6#259DC6

#259DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259DC6
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -17.74, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 34.96, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0795 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.116 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0087, 28.5816, 57.7193)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259DC6 #C64E25

analogous

#25C69F #259DC6 #254CC6

triadic

#259DC6 #C6259D #9DC625

tetradic

#259DC6 #9F25C6 #C64E25 #4CC625

square

#259DC6 #9F25C6 #C64E25 #4CC625

split-complementary

#259DC6 #C6254C #C69F25

monochromatic

#124B5F #1B7492 #259DC6 #4BB8DD #7ECCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#259DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#259DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259DC6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259DC6	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad7',
    500: '#259dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259dc6;
$custom-light: #7bbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.28,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65119,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259DC6

secondary

#CF8E77

accent

#693CEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259DC6

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

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