#252C7B#252C7B

#252C7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.133 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C7B
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 123)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(235, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 24.80, -45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 52.16, 298.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0074 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.133 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2376, 3.6243, 19.1586)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C7B #7B7425

analogous

#25577B #252C7B #49257B

triadic

#252C7B #7B252C #2C7B25

tetradic

#252C7B #7B2557 #7B7425 #257B49

square

#252C7B #7B2557 #7B7425 #257B49

split-complementary

#252C7B #7B4925 #577B25

monochromatic

#090A1D #171B4C #252C7B #333DAA #505ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#252C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#252C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C7B

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C7B	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.133 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a2',
    500: '#252c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c7b;
$custom-light: #6c65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.116,
    "s": 53.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34086,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C7B

secondary

#ADA64F

accent

#D14BDD

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C7B

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

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