#253D52#253D52

#253D52 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.048 H 246.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253D52
RGB	rgb(37, 61, 82)
HSL	hsl(208, 38%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.76, -2.46, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.76, 15.76, 261.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% -0.0193 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.048 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9541, 4.3397, 8.6103)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253D52 #523A25

analogous

#255250 #253D52 #252652

triadic

#253D52 #52253D #3D5225

tetradic

#253D52 #502552 #523A25 #265225

square

#253D52 #502552 #523A25 #265225

split-complementary

#253D52 #522526 #525025

monochromatic

#0A1015 #121E28 #253D52 #385C7C #4B7CA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#253D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#253D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253D52

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253D52	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 61, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.048 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637282',
    500: '#253d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253d52;
$custom-light: #637282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35021,
    "c": 0.04752,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253D52

secondary

#85684D

accent

#905ACE

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBECEE

border

#C6C7C9

text

#05070A

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #253D52

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

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