#254E60#254E60

#254E60 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.055 H 228.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E60
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 96)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, -8.40, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 17.08, 240.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% -0.0361 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.055 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5979, 6.6861, 12.0596)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E60 #603725

analogous

#256054 #254E60 #253060

triadic

#254E60 #60254E #4E6025

tetradic

#254E60 #542560 #603725 #306025

square

#254E60 #542560 #603725 #306025

split-complementary

#254E60 #602530 #605425

monochromatic

#091216 #142A34 #254E60 #36728C #4796B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#254E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#254E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E60

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E60	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.055 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657f8d',
    500: '#254e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e60;
$custom-light: #657f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40239,
    "c": 0.05494,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E60

secondary

#93634D

accent

#7B54D4

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E60

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

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