#254C81#254C81

#254C81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.099 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C81
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 129)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 41.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 5.13, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 34.32, 278.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% -0.0228 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.099 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3084, 7.1464, 21.7589)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C81 #815A25

analogous

#257A81 #254C81 #2C2581

triadic

#254C81 #81254C #4C8125

tetradic

#254C81 #81257A #815A25 #25812C

square

#254C81 #81257A #815A25 #25812C

split-complementary

#254C81 #812C25 #7A8125

monochromatic

#0A1422 #173051 #254C81 #3368B1 #5387CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#254C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#254C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C81

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C81	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.099 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7da6',
    500: '#254c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c81;
$custom-light: #6b7da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.565,
    "s": 55.422,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41628,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C81

secondary

#B28850

accent

#9F49DF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C81

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

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