#259EC6#259EC6

#259EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EC6
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -18.27, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 34.83, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0805 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.116 226)
XYZ	xyz(23.1786, 28.9213, 57.7759)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EC6 #C64D25

analogous

#25C69D #259EC6 #254DC6

triadic

#259EC6 #C6259E #9EC625

tetradic

#259EC6 #9D25C6 #C64D25 #4DC625

square

#259EC6 #9D25C6 #C64D25 #4DC625

split-complementary

#259EC6 #C6254D #C69D25

monochromatic

#124C5F #1B7592 #259EC6 #4BB9DD #7ECDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#259EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#259EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EC6

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EC6	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad7',
    500: '#259ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ec6;
$custom-light: #7bbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.907,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EC6

secondary

#CF8D77

accent

#683CEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EC6

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

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