#253A50#253A50

#253A50 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.047 H 250.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A50
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(211, 37%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, -1.16, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 15.99, 265.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% -0.0158 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.047 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7235, 3.9983, 8.1634)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A50 #503B25

analogous

#254F50 #253A50 #262550

triadic

#253A50 #50253A #3A5025

tetradic

#253A50 #50254F #503B25 #255026

square

#253A50 #50254F #503B25 #255026

split-complementary

#253A50 #502625 #4F5025

monochromatic

#0A0F15 #121C26 #253A50 #38587A #4C77A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#253A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#253A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A50

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A50	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#113F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.047 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627081',
    500: '#253a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a50;
$custom-light: #627081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.698,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34125,
    "c": 0.04726,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A50

secondary

#83694E

accent

#955BCD

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBECEE

border

#C6C7C9

text

#05070A

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A50

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

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