#252A56#252A56

#252A56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.079 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A56
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 86)
HSL	hsl(234, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(234, 57%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 51.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.89, 12.24, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.89, 30.07, 294.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.55% 0.008 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(30.55% 0.079 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2701, 2.7209, 9.1552)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A56 #565125

analogous

#254356 #252A56 #392556

triadic

#252A56 #56252A #2A5625

tetradic

#252A56 #562543 #565125 #255639

square

#252A56 #562543 #565125 #255639

split-complementary

#252A56 #563925 #435625

monochromatic

#090A15 #13152B #252A56 #373F81 #4A54AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#252A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#252A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A56

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A56	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F343B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.079 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646386',
    500: '#252a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a56;
$custom-light: #646386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.878,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30545,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A56

secondary

#89834D

accent

#C458D0

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBEAEF

border

#C6C6CA

text

#06050B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A56

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

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