#252496#252496

#252496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.178 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252496
RGB	rgb(37, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(241, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(241, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 39.62, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 73.11, 302.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0092 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.178 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.8970, 3.8564, 29.2291)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252496 #959624

analogous

#245C96 #252496 #5E2496

triadic

#252496 #962524 #249625

tetradic

#252496 #96245C #959624 #24965E

square

#252496 #96245C #959624 #24965E

split-complementary

#252496 #965E24 #5C9624

monochromatic

#0D0C33 #191865 #252496 #3130C7 #5E5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#252496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#252496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252496

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252496	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.178 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7360b6',
    500: '#252496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252496;
$custom-light: #7360b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.526,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35476,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.03857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252496

secondary

#BCBD59

accent

#E443E3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #252496

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

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