#253138#253138

#253138 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.021 H 233.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253138
RGB	rgb(37, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(202, 20%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(202, 34%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, -3.01, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 6.79, 243.67°)
OKLab	oklab(30.51% -0.0121 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(30.51% 0.021 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5749, 2.8754, 4.1599)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253138 #382C25

analogous

#253835 #253138 #252738

triadic

#253138 #382531 #313825

tetradic

#253138 #352538 #382C25 #273825

square

#253138 #352538 #382C25 #273825

split-complementary

#253138 #382527 #383525

monochromatic

#0C1012 #0D1113 #253138 #3D515D #567182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#253138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#253138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253138

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253138	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E3138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.021 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60696e',
    500: '#253138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253138;
$custom-light: #60696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 20.43,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30515,
    "c": 0.02059,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253138

secondary

#6A594F

accent

#896BBD

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #253138

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

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