#252C96#252C96

#252C96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.170 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C96
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 34.77, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 68.11, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.005 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.17 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1668, 4.3959, 29.3190)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C96 #968F25

analogous

#256596 #252C96 #572596

triadic

#252C96 #96252C #2C9625

tetradic

#252C96 #962565 #968F25 #259657

square

#252C96 #962565 #968F25 #259657

split-complementary

#252C96 #965725 #659625

monochromatic

#0D0F34 #191E65 #252C96 #313AC7 #5E66D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#252C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#252C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C96

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C96	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.170 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7266b6',
    500: '#252c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c96;
$custom-light: #7266b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.283,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36727,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C96

secondary

#BCB65B

accent

#DA44E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C96

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

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