#254E86#254E86

#254E86 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.104 H 256.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E86
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 134)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 41.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 5.73, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 36.02, 279.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0236 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.104 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7888, 7.5625, 23.5989)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E86 #865D25

analogous

#257E86 #254E86 #2C2586

triadic

#254E86 #86254E #4E8625

tetradic

#254E86 #86257E #865D25 #25862C

square

#254E86 #86257E #865D25 #25862C

split-complementary

#254E86 #862C25 #7E8625

monochromatic

#0B1626 #183256 #254E86 #326AB6 #5589D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#254E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#254E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E86

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E86	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.104 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fa9',
    500: '#254e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e86;
$custom-light: #6c7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.639,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42438,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E86

secondary

#B48B52

accent

#A048E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E86

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

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