#254E7E#254E7E

#254E7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.093 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E7E
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 126)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.59, 2.65, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.59, 31.47, 274.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% -0.0257 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.093 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2519, 7.3477, 20.7707)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E7E #7E5525

analogous

#257A7E #254E7E #29257E

triadic

#254E7E #7E254E #4E7E25

tetradic

#254E7E #7E257A #7E5525 #257E29

square

#254E7E #7E257A #7E5525 #257E29

split-complementary

#254E7E #7E2925 #7A7E25

monochromatic

#09131F #17314F #254E7E #336BAD #518ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#254E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#254E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E7E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E7E	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#395180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.093 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7fa3',
    500: '#254e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e7e;
$custom-light: #6b7fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.36,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4192,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E7E

secondary

#B0834F

accent

#9A4ADE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E7E

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

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