#252B2D#252B2D

#252B2D is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.009 H 219.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252B2D
RGB	rgb(37, 43, 45)
HSL	hsl(195, 10%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(195, 18%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, -2.10, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 3.03, 226.24°)
OKLab	oklab(28.4% -0.0071 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(28.4% 0.009 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1004, 2.3105, 2.8174)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252B2D #2D2725

analogous

#252D2B #252B2D #25272D

triadic

#252B2D #2D252B #2B2D25

tetradic

#252B2D #2B252D #2D2725 #272D25

square

#252B2D #2B252D #2D2725 #272D25

split-complementary

#252B2D #2D2527 #2D2B25

monochromatic

#0E1011 #0E1011 #252B2D #414B4F #5C6B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#252B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#252B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252B2D

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252B2D	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#232C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 43, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.009 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f6465',
    500: '#252b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252b2d;
$custom-light: #5f6465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 9.756,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28401,
    "c": 0.00924,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252B2D

secondary

#5D5451

accent

#8475B3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #252B2D

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

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