#257D96#257D96

#257D96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.089 H 221.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#257D96
RGB	rgb(37, 125, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, -16.88, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 26.84, 231.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% -0.0668 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.089 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5993, 17.2609, 31.4632)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#257D96 #963E25

analogous

#259677 #257D96 #254596

triadic

#257D96 #96257D #7D9625

tetradic

#257D96 #772596 #963E25 #459625

square

#257D96 #772596 #963E25 #459625

split-complementary

#257D96 #962545 #967725

monochromatic

#0D2B34 #195465 #257D96 #31A6C7 #5EBCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#257D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#257D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #257D96

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##257D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##257D96	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #257d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 125, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.089 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2b5',
    500: '#257d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #257d96;
$custom-light: #71a2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#257d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.274,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54992,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#257D96

secondary

#BC705B

accent

#6744E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #257D96

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

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