#254E80#254E80

#254E80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.096 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E80
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 128)
HSL	hsl(213, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 3.42, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 32.60, 276.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% -0.0251 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.096 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3822, 7.3998, 21.4571)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E80 #805725

analogous

#257C80 #254E80 #292580

triadic

#254E80 #80254E #4E8025

tetradic

#254E80 #80257C #805725 #258029

square

#254E80 #80257C #805725 #258029

split-complementary

#254E80 #802925 #7C8025

monochromatic

#0A1421 #173151 #254E80 #336BAF #528ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#254E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#254E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E80

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E80	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A497F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.096 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7fa5',
    500: '#254e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e80;
$custom-light: #6b7fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.967,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42047,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E80

secondary

#B18550

accent

#9B49DE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E80

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

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