#259ec2

Color #259ec2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#259ec2

RGB

rgb(37, 158, 194)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 68%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 80.9%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(60.55, -19.64, -27.66)

LCH

lch(60.55, 33.92, 234.62)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1129, 223.42)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 14.5%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c24925

Analogous

#25c298

#259ec2

#254fc2

Triadic

#259ec2

#c2259e

#9ec225

Split-complementary

#259ec2

#c2254f

#c29825

Tetradic

#259ec2

#4925c2

#c24925

#9ec225

Square

#259ec2

#9825c2

#c24925

#4fc225

Shades

Color #259ec2 mixed toward black.

#1f84a2

#196981

#124f61

#0c3541

#061a20

Tints

Color #259ec2 mixed toward white.

#3cb5da

#63c4e1

#8ad3e9

#b1e2f0

#d8f0f8

Tones

Color #259ec2 mixed toward gray.

#3297b5

#3f90a8

#4c899b

#59828e

#667b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70ba · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#685fb8 · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#34b4b2 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #259ec2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#259ec2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#259ec2 (#259ec2) is rgb(37, 158, 194) in RGB.

No, #259ec2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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