#254E83#254E83

#254E83 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.100 H 255.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E83
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 131)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 40.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 4.57, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 34.30, 277.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% -0.0244 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.1 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5826, 7.4800, 22.5125)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E83 #835A25

analogous

#257D83 #254E83 #2B2583

triadic

#254E83 #83254E #4E8325

tetradic

#254E83 #83257D #835A25 #25832B

square

#254E83 #83257D #835A25 #25832B

split-complementary

#254E83 #832B25 #7D8325

monochromatic

#0A1524 #183253 #254E83 #326AB3 #5489CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#254E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#254E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E83

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E83	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.100 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fa7',
    500: '#254e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e83;
$custom-light: #6c7fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.83,
    "s": 55.952,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42241,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E83

secondary

#B38851

accent

#9E49DF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E83

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

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