#252A72#252A72

#252A72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.122 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A72
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.07, 22.78, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.07, 48.03, 298.31°)
OKLab	oklab(32.87% 0.0095 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(32.87% 0.122 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6272, 3.2638, 16.3024)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A72 #726D25

analogous

#255172 #252A72 #472572

triadic

#252A72 #72252A #2A7225

tetradic

#252A72 #722551 #726D25 #257247

square

#252A72 #722551 #726D25 #257247

split-complementary

#252A72 #724725 #517225

monochromatic

#070917 #161944 #252A72 #343BA0 #4C54C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#252A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#252A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A72

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A72	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.122 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a639b',
    500: '#252a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a72;
$custom-light: #6a639b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.104,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32869,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A72

secondary

#A59F4E

accent

#D14DDA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECEAF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A72

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

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