#254a57

Color #254a57

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 6.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#254a57

RGB

rgb(37, 74, 87)

HSL

hsl(195.6, 40.3%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.6, 57.5%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(29.36, -9.02, -11.76)

LCH

lch(29.36, 14.82, 232.51)

OKLCH

oklch(38.7%, 0.0477, 223.13)

HWB

hwb(195.6, 14.5%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#573225

Analogous

#25574b

#254a57

#253157

Triadic

#254a57

#57254a

#4a5725

Split-complementary

#254a57

#572531

#574b25

Tetradic

#254a57

#322557

#573225

#4a5725

Square

#254a57

#4b2557

#573225

#315725

Shades

Color #254a57 mixed toward black.

#1f3e48

#19313a

#12252b

#0c191d

#060c0e

Tints

Color #254a57 mixed toward white.

#387084

#4b97b1

#78b1c5

#a5cbd9

#d2e5ec

Tones

Color #254a57 mixed toward gray.

#294853

#2d464f

#31444a

#364246

#3a4042

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383954 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#363353 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#285251 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #254a57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#254a57]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#254a57 (#254a57) is rgb(37, 74, 87) in RGB.

No, #254a57 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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