#252A9E#252A9E

#252A9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.182 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A9E
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 38.84, -62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 73.88, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.005 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.182 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7604, 4.5170, 32.8040)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A9E #9E9925

analogous

#25669E #252A9E #5C259E

triadic

#252A9E #9E252A #2A9E25

tetradic

#252A9E #9E2566 #9E9925 #259E5C

square

#252A9E #9E2566 #9E9925 #259E5C

split-complementary

#252A9E #9E5C25 #669E25

monochromatic

#0E103B #191D6C #252A9E #3138CF #6368DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#252A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#252A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A9E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A9E	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.182 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465bc',
    500: '#252a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a9e;
$custom-light: #7465bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.521,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37241,
    "c": 0.182,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A9E

secondary

#C0BC5F

accent

#DE43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A9E

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

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