#252A9F#252A9F

#252A9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.183 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252A9F
RGB	rgb(37, 42, 159)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(238, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 39.19, -63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 74.44, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0048 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.183 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8468, 4.5516, 33.2592)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252A9F #9F9A25

analogous

#25679F #252A9F #5D259F

triadic

#252A9F #9F252A #2A9F25

tetradic

#252A9F #9F2567 #9F9A25 #259F5D

square

#252A9F #9F2567 #9F9A25 #259F5D

split-complementary

#252A9F #9F5D25 #679F25

monochromatic

#0E103C #191D6D #252A9F #3238CF #6468DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#252A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#252A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252A9F

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252A9F	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 42, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.183 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565bd',
    500: '#252a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252a9f;
$custom-light: #7565bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.541,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37347,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252A9F

secondary

#C0BC5F

accent

#DF42E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252A9F

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

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