#259FC6#259FC6

#259FC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.116 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259FC6
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 198)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -18.81, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 34.72, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0814 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.116 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3499, 29.2639, 57.8330)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259FC6 #C64C25

analogous

#25C69C #259FC6 #254EC6

triadic

#259FC6 #C6259F #9FC625

tetradic

#259FC6 #9C25C6 #C64C25 #4EC625

square

#259FC6 #9C25C6 #C64C25 #4EC625

split-complementary

#259FC6 #C6254E #C69C25

monochromatic

#124C5F #1B7692 #259FC6 #4BBADD #7ECEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#259FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#259FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259FC6

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259FC6	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.116 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbd7',
    500: '#259fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259fc6;
$custom-light: #7bbbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.534,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65603,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259FC6

secondary

#CF8D77

accent

#673CEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #259FC6

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

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