#259ECA#259ECA

#259ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259ECA
RGB	rgb(37, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -16.90, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 35.87, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.079 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.119 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6461, 29.1083, 60.2379)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259ECA #CA5125

analogous

#25CAA4 #259ECA #254CCA

triadic

#259ECA #CA259E #9ECA25

tetradic

#259ECA #A425CA #CA5125 #4CCA25

square

#259ECA #A425CA #CA5125 #4CCA25

split-complementary

#259ECA #CA254C #CAA425

monochromatic

#124D63 #1C7696 #259ECA #4EB8DF #81CDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#259ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#259ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259ECA

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259ECA	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 228.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65548,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259ECA

secondary

#D1917A

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259ECA

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

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