#252C8D#252C8D

#252C8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.158 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C8D
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 31.50, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 62.91, 300.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0061 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.158 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4697, 4.1171, 25.6479)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C8D #8D8625

analogous

#25608D #252C8D #52258D

triadic

#252C8D #8D252C #2C8D25

tetradic

#252C8D #8D2560 #8D8625 #258D52

square

#252C8D #8D2560 #8D8625 #258D52

split-complementary

#252C8D #8D5225 #608D25

monochromatic

#0C0E2C #181D5D #252C8D #323BBD #5961D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#252C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#252C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C8D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C8D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.158 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065af',
    500: '#252c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c8d;
$custom-light: #7065af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.962,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35818,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C8D

secondary

#B8B156

accent

#D746E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C8D

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

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