#253E4B#253E4B

#253E4B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.038 H 232.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E4B
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 75)
HSL	hsl(201, 34%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, -5.50, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 12.23, 243.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% -0.0236 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.038 232)
XYZ	xyz(3.7551, 4.3463, 7.2963)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E4B #4B3225

analogous

#254B45 #253E4B #252B4B

triadic

#253E4B #4B253E #3E4B25

tetradic

#253E4B #45254B #4B3225 #2B4B25

square

#253E4B #45254B #4B3225 #2B4B25

split-complementary

#253E4B #4B252B #4B4525

monochromatic

#0A1114 #111C22 #253E4B #396074 #4D829D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#253E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#253E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E4B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E4B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32394B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.038 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62737d',
    500: '#253e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e4b;
$custom-light: #62737d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34933,
    "c": 0.03832,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.04347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E4B

secondary

#7E5E4E

accent

#835ECA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAECEE

border

#C6C7C9

text

#050809

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E4B

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

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