#252A9C#252A9C

#252A9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.179 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A9C
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 38.14, -61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 72.77, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0053 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.179 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5896, 4.4487, 31.9047)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A9C #9C9725

analogous

#25659C #252A9C #5B259C

triadic

#252A9C #9C252A #2A9C25

tetradic

#252A9C #9C2565 #9C9725 #259C5B

square

#252A9C #9C2565 #9C9725 #259C5B

split-complementary

#252A9C #9C5B25 #659C25

monochromatic

#0E0F39 #191D6B #252A9C #3137CD #6267DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#252A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#252A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A9C

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A9C	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.179 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7464ba',
    500: '#252a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a9c;
$custom-light: #7464ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.479,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37028,
    "c": 0.17946,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A9C

secondary

#BFBB5E

accent

#DE43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A9C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →