#257E96#257E96

#257E96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.089 H 220.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#257E96
RGB	rgb(37, 126, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 16%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, -17.43, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 26.82, 229.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% -0.0679 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.089 220)
XYZ	xyz(13.7265, 17.5154, 31.5056)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#257E96 #963D25

analogous

#259676 #257E96 #254696

triadic

#257E96 #96257E #7E9625

tetradic

#257E96 #762596 #963D25 #469625

square

#257E96 #762596 #963D25 #469625

split-complementary

#257E96 #962546 #967625

monochromatic

#0D2C34 #195565 #257E96 #31A7C7 #5EBED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#257E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#257E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #257E96

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##257E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##257E96	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #257e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 126, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.089 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b5',
    500: '#257e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #257e96;
$custom-light: #71a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#257e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.743,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.17517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#257E96

secondary

#BC6F5B

accent

#6644E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #257E96

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

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