#252A77#252A77

#252A77 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.129 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A77
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 119)
HSL	hsl(236, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 24.66, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 51.12, 298.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.33% 0.0093 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(33.33% 0.129 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9196, 3.3807, 17.8425)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A77 #777225

analogous

#255377 #252A77 #492577

triadic

#252A77 #77252A #2A7725

tetradic

#252A77 #772553 #777225 #257749

square

#252A77 #772553 #777225 #257749

split-complementary

#252A77 #774925 #537725

monochromatic

#08091A #161A48 #252A77 #343AA6 #4E56C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#252A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#252A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A77

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A77	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.129 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b639f',
    500: '#252a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a77;
$custom-light: #6b639f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.341,
    "s": 52.564,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33328,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A77

secondary

#A9A44E

accent

#D34CDC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECEAF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A77

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

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