#259FC9#259FC9

#259FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259FC9
RGB	rgb(37, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -17.78, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 35.46, 239.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0803 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.118 227)
XYZ	xyz(23.6993, 29.4037, 59.6734)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259FC9 #C94F25

analogous

#25C9A1 #259FC9 #254DC9

triadic

#259FC9 #C9259F #9FC925

tetradic

#259FC9 #A125C9 #C94F25 #4DC925

square

#259FC9 #A125C9 #C94F25 #4DC925

split-complementary

#259FC9 #C9254D #C9A125

monochromatic

#124D62 #1B7695 #259FC9 #4DB9DE #81CDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#259FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#259FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259FC9

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259FC9	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbd9',
    500: '#259fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259fc9;
$custom-light: #7cbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.366,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65741,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.29407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259FC9

secondary

#D09079

accent

#693CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #259FC9

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

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