#252C83#252C83

#252C83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.144 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C83
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 131)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 27.80, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 57.00, 299.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0069 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.144 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7590, 3.8328, 21.9046)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C83 #837C25

analogous

#255B83 #252C83 #4D2583

triadic

#252C83 #83252C #2C8325

tetradic

#252C83 #83255B #837C25 #25834D

square

#252C83 #83255B #837C25 #25834D

split-complementary

#252C83 #834D25 #5B8325

monochromatic

#0A0C24 #181C53 #252C83 #323CB3 #545DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#252C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#252C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C83

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C83	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.144 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d65a8',
    500: '#252c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c83;
$custom-light: #6d65a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.532,
    "s": 55.952,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3484,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C83

secondary

#B3AC51

accent

#D449DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C83

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

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