#252A2E#252A2E

#252A2E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.010 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A2E
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(207, 11%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(207, 20%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.73, -1.14, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.73, 3.54, 251.21°)
OKLab	oklab(28.17% -0.0048 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(28.17% 0.01 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0839, 2.2465, 2.9081)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A2E #2E2925

analogous

#252E2E #252A2E #25262E

triadic

#252A2E #2E252A #2A2E25

tetradic

#252A2E #2E252E #2E2925 #262E25

square

#252A2E #2E252E #2E2925 #262E25

split-complementary

#252A2E #2E2526 #2E2E25

monochromatic

#0E0F11 #0E0F11 #252A2E #404950 #5C6872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#252A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#252A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A2E

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A2E	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27292E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#232B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.010 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f6366',
    500: '#252a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a2e;
$custom-light: #5f6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28171,
    "c": 0.01024,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A2E

secondary

#5E5751

accent

#9074B4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A2E

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

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