#254D72#254D72

#254D72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.077 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254D72
RGB	rgb(37, 77, 114)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, -1.25, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 25.45, 267.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% -0.0282 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.077 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4530, 6.9153, 16.9110)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254D72 #724A25

analogous

#257271 #254D72 #252772

triadic

#254D72 #72254D #4D7225

tetradic

#254D72 #712572 #724A25 #277225

square

#254D72 #712572 #724A25 #277225

split-complementary

#254D72 #722527 #727125

monochromatic

#071017 #162E44 #254D72 #346CA0 #4C8BC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#254D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#254D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254D72

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254D72	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 77, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.077 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687e9a',
    500: '#254d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254d72;
$custom-light: #687e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.831,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40944,
    "c": 0.07712,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254D72

secondary

#A5784E

accent

#914DDA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #254D72

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

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