#259DCA#259DCA

#259DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259DCA
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -16.36, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 36.03, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0781 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.119 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4762, 28.7686, 60.1812)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259DCA #CA5225

analogous

#25CAA5 #259DCA #254ACA

triadic

#259DCA #CA259D #9DCA25

tetradic

#259DCA #A525CA #CA5225 #4ACA25

square

#259DCA #A525CA #CA5225 #4ACA25

split-complementary

#259DCA #CA254A #CAA525

monochromatic

#124D63 #1C7596 #259DCA #4EB7DF #81CCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#259DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#259DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259DCA

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259DCA	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbada',
    500: '#259dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259dca;
$custom-light: #7cbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65307,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259DCA

secondary

#D1927A

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1115

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259DCA

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

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