#252C84#252C84

#252C84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.145 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C84
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 132)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 66.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 28.17, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 57.60, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0069 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.145 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8271, 3.8601, 22.2633)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C84 #847D25

analogous

#255B84 #252C84 #4D2584

triadic

#252C84 #84252C #2C8425

tetradic

#252C84 #84255B #847D25 #25844D

square

#252C84 #84255B #847D25 #25844D

split-complementary

#252C84 #844D25 #5B8425

monochromatic

#0A0C24 #181C54 #252C84 #323CB4 #545DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#252C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#252C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C84

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C84	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.145 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65a9',
    500: '#252c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c84;
$custom-light: #6e65a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.579,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34936,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C84

secondary

#B3AC51

accent

#D448E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C84

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

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