#254E7B#254E7B

#254E7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.089 H 252.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E7B
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 123)
HSL	hsl(211, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(211, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 1.50, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 29.81, 272.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% -0.0265 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.089 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0612, 7.2714, 19.7664)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E7B #7B5225

analogous

#25797B #254E7B #27257B

triadic

#254E7B #7B254E #4E7B25

tetradic

#254E7B #7B2579 #7B5225 #257B27

square

#254E7B #7B2579 #7B5225 #257B27

split-complementary

#254E7B #7B2725 #797B25

monochromatic

#09121D #17304C #254E7B #336CAA #508ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#254E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#254E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E7B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E7B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A517D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E497A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.089 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7fa1',
    500: '#254e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e7b;
$custom-light: #6a7fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.395,
    "s": 53.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41733,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E7B

secondary

#AD804F

accent

#974BDD

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E7B

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

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