#257d97

Color #257d97

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#257d97

RGB

rgb(37, 125, 151)

HSL

hsl(193.7, 60.6%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.7, 75.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(48.63, -16.53, -21.39)

LCH

lch(48.63, 27.03, 232.3)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0894, 222.01)

HWB

hwb(193.7, 14.5%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#973f25

Analogous

#259778

#257d97

#254497

Triadic

#257d97

#97257d

#7d9725

Split-complementary

#257d97

#972544

#977825

Tetradic

#257d97

#3f2597

#973f25

#7d9725

Square

#257d97

#782597

#973f25

#449725

Shades

Color #257d97 mixed toward black.

#1f687e

#195365

#133f4c

#0c2a32

#061519

Tints

Color #257d97 mixed toward white.

#30a1c2

#53b7d5

#7ec9df

#a9dbea

#d4edf4

Tones

Color #257d97 mixed toward gray.

#2f788e

#387384

#426e7b

#4b6871

#556368

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595991 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#544d90 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#2e8c8b · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 18.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #257d97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#257d97]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#257d97 (#257d97) is rgb(37, 125, 151) in RGB.

No, #257d97 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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