Information about #259EAE color

#259EAE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#259EAE falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(37, 158, 174) — 14.5% red, 62% green, 68.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 54 / 6 / 0 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#259EAE is a energetic, saturated water-like cyan that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pelorous (#2599B2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Homebox Blue (#36A2B9) and Light Sea Green (#20B2AA).

In RGB terms — rgb(37, 158, 174) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #259EAE: 6.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #259EAE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#259EAE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#259EAE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#259EAE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#259EAE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#259EAE color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#259EAE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#AD7825
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#25AD78
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#9DAD25
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#AD3425
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Nearest named colors to #259EAE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Pelorous color link
Pelorous

#2599B2

Homebox Blue color link
Homebox Blue

#36A2B9

Light Sea Green color link
Light Sea Green

#20B2AA

Scooter color link
Scooter

#308EA0

Java color link
Java

#259797

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Spring Teal color link
Spring Teal

#0EA7A5

Blue Green color link
Blue Green

#0D98BA

Celeritas color link
Celeritas

#299792

Freefall color link
Freefall

#1D95C9

Moonstone color link
Moonstone

#3AA8C1

#259EAE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#259EAE
  • RGB37, 158, 174
  • CMYK54, 6, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(37, 158, 174)
  • HSL187°, 65%, 41%
  • HSL Precise187.007°, 64.929%, 41.373%
  • HSV187°, 79%, 68%
  • HSB187°, 79%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.145
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • GLSLvec3(0.145, 0.620, 0.682)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.145, 0.620, 0.682, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.145, 0.620, 0.682)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB14.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID259EAE
  • DECIMAL ID2465454
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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