#252A85#252A85

#252A85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.149 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A85
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 29.87, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 59.55, 300.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0082 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.149 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8231, 3.7421, 22.6012)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A85 #858025

analogous

#255A85 #252A85 #502585

triadic

#252A85 #85252A #2A8525

tetradic

#252A85 #85255A #858025 #258550

square

#252A85 #85255A #858025 #258550

split-complementary

#252A85 #855025 #5A8525

monochromatic

#0A0C25 #181B55 #252A85 #3239B5 #555BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#252A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#252A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A85

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A85	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.149 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64a9',
    500: '#252a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a85;
$custom-light: #6e64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.875,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34671,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A85

secondary

#B4AF52

accent

#D848E0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A85

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

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