#259EBD#259EBD

#259EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EBD
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -21.32, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 32.98, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0839 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.11 220)
XYZ	xyz(22.1712, 28.5184, 52.4703)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EBD #BD4425

analogous

#25BD90 #259EBD #2552BD

triadic

#259EBD #BD259E #9EBD25

tetradic

#259EBD #9025BD #BD4425 #52BD25

square

#259EBD #9025BD #BD4425 #52BD25

split-complementary

#259EBD #BD2552 #BD9025

monochromatic

#114857 #1B738A #259EBD #45BCDB #78CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#259EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#259EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EBD

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EBD	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abad1',
    500: '#259ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ebd;
$custom-light: #7abad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.237,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64955,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.28521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EBD

secondary

#CC8472

accent

#613EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EBD

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

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