#253F5D#253F5D

#253F5D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.061 H 253.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#253F5D
RGBrgb(37, 63, 93)
HSLhsl(212, 43%, 25%)
HSVhsv(212, 60%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(60.2%, 32.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LABlab(25.98, 0.16, -20.86)
CIE-LCHlch(25.98, 20.86, 270.44°)
OKLaboklab(36.16% -0.018 -0.0587)
OKLCHoklch(36.16% 0.061 253)
XYZxyz(4.5155, 4.7383, 11.0304)
Luminance0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#253F5D #5D4325
analogous
#255B5D #253F5D #27255D
triadic
#253F5D #5D253F #3F5D25
tetradic
#253F5D #5D255B #5D4325 #255D27
square
#253F5D #5D255B #5D4325 #255D27
split-complementary
#253F5D #5D2725 #5B5D25
monochromatic
#090F16 #142131 #253F5D #365D89 #487AB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78
#253F5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95
#253F5D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253F5D
10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##253F5D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##253F5D1.0010.781.9510.78
#FFFFFF10.781.0021.001.00
#0000001.9521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#33415E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B3B5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00464A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #253f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 63, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.061 253.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64738b',
    500: '#253f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #253f5d;
$custom-light: #64738b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#253f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36155,
    "c": 0.0614,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.04739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#253F5D
secondary
#90714D
accent
#9855D3
background
#F6F7F8
surface
#EBEDF0
border
#C6C8CB
text
#06080C
muted
#7A7B7D

Preview Lab

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#253F5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva