#259DC9#259DC9

#259DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259DC9
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -16.71, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 35.75, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0785 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.119 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3582, 28.7214, 59.5597)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259DC9 #C95125

analogous

#25C9A3 #259DC9 #254BC9

triadic

#259DC9 #C9259D #9DC925

tetradic

#259DC9 #A325C9 #C95125 #4BC925

square

#259DC9 #A325C9 #C95125 #4BC925

split-complementary

#259DC9 #C9254B #C9A325

monochromatic

#124C62 #1B7595 #259DC9 #4DB7DE #81CCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#259DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#259DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259DC9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259DC9	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad9',
    500: '#259dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259dc9;
$custom-light: #7cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6526,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259DC9

secondary

#D09179

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259DC9

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

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