#252A9D#252A9D

#252A9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.181 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A9D
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 38.49, -62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 73.33, 301.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0051 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.181 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6747, 4.4827, 32.3525)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A9D #9D9825

analogous

#25669D #252A9D #5C259D

triadic

#252A9D #9D252A #2A9D25

tetradic

#252A9D #9D2566 #9D9825 #259D5C

square

#252A9D #9D2566 #9D9825 #259D5C

split-complementary

#252A9D #9D5C25 #669D25

monochromatic

#0E103A #191D6B #252A9D #3137CE #6267DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#252A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#252A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A9D

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A9D	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.181 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7464bb',
    500: '#252a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a9d;
$custom-light: #7464bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37134,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A9D

secondary

#BFBB5E

accent

#DE43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A9D

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

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