#257c96

Color #257c96

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#257c96

RGB

rgb(37, 124, 150)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 60.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 75.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(48.27, -16.33, -21.35)

LCH

lch(48.27, 26.88, 232.59)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.0888, 222.22)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 14.5%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#963f25

Analogous

#259678

#257c96

#254496

Triadic

#257c96

#96257c

#7c9625

Split-complementary

#257c96

#962544

#967825

Tetradic

#257c96

#3f2596

#963f25

#7c9625

Square

#257c96

#782596

#963f25

#449625

Shades

Color #257c96 mixed toward black.

#1f677d

#195364

#133e4b

#0c2932

#061519

Tints

Color #257c96 mixed toward white.

#30a0c1

#52b6d4

#7ec9df

#a9dbea

#d4edf4

Tones

Color #257c96 mixed toward gray.

#2e778d

#387283

#416d7a

#4b6870

#546367

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585990 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#534d8f · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#2e8b8a · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 18.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #257c96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#257c96]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#257c96 (#257c96) is rgb(37, 124, 150) in RGB.

No, #257c96 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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