#259EC9#259EC9

#259EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259EC9
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -17.24, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 35.60, 241.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0794 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.118 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5281, 29.0611, 59.6163)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259EC9 #C95025

analogous

#25C9A2 #259EC9 #254CC9

triadic

#259EC9 #C9259E #9EC925

tetradic

#259EC9 #A225C9 #C95025 #4CC925

square

#259EC9 #A225C9 #C95025 #4CC925

split-complementary

#259EC9 #C9254C #C9A225

monochromatic

#124D62 #1B7595 #259EC9 #4DB8DE #81CDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#259EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#259EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259EC9

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259EC9	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad9',
    500: '#259ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ec9;
$custom-light: #7cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.732,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65501,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259EC9

secondary

#D09079

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259EC9

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

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