#252A71#252A71

#252A71 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.121 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A71
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 113)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(236, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 22.41, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 47.41, 298.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.78% 0.0095 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(32.78% 0.121 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5706, 3.2411, 16.0043)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A71 #716C25

analogous

#255071 #252A71 #462571

triadic

#252A71 #71252A #2A7125

tetradic

#252A71 #712550 #716C25 #257146

square

#252A71 #712550 #716C25 #257146

split-complementary

#252A71 #714625 #507125

monochromatic

#080917 #161943 #252A71 #343B9F #4C54C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#252A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#252A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A71

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A71	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.121 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69639a',
    500: '#252a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a71;
$custom-light: #69639a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.053,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32779,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A71

secondary

#A49E4E

accent

#D14EDA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A71

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

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