#252C7E#252C7E

#252C7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.137 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C7E
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 126)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 25.93, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 53.99, 298.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0072 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.137 273)
XYZ	xyz(5.4283, 3.7005, 20.1628)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C7E #7E7725

analogous

#25597E #252C7E #4B257E

triadic

#252C7E #7E252C #2C7E25

tetradic

#252C7E #7E2559 #7E7725 #257E4B

square

#252C7E #7E2559 #7E7725 #257E4B

split-complementary

#252C7E #7E4B25 #597E25

monochromatic

#090B1F #171B4F #252C7E #333DAD #515BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#252C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#252C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C7E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C7E	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.137 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a4',
    500: '#252c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c7e;
$custom-light: #6c65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.281,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34366,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.03701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C7E

secondary

#B0A84F

accent

#D24ADE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C7E

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

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