#251E8A#251E8A

#251E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.169 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#251E8A
RGB	rgb(37, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(244, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 38.98, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 70.03, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0146 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.169 275)
XYZ	xyz(5.8132, 3.1563, 24.3427)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#251E8A #838A1E

analogous

#1E4D8A #251E8A #5B1E8A

triadic

#251E8A #8A251E #1E8A25

tetradic

#251E8A #8A1E4D #838A1E #1E8A5B

square

#251E8A #8A1E4D #838A1E #1E8A5B

split-complementary

#251E8A #8A5B1E #4D8A1E

monochromatic

#0A0825 #181358 #251E8A #3229BC #544BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#251E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#251E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #251E8A

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##251E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##251E8A	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00368D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #251e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.169 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715cad',
    500: '#251e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #251e8a;
$custom-light: #715cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#251e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.889,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33295,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.03157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#251E8A

secondary

#B3BA4A

accent

#E741DC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #251E8A

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

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