#252C9A#252C9A

#252C9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.175 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C9A
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 36.21, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 70.38, 300.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0045 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.175 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4944, 4.5270, 31.0444)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C9A #9A9325

analogous

#25679A #252C9A #58259A

triadic

#252C9A #9A252C #2C9A25

tetradic

#252C9A #9A2567 #9A9325 #259A58

square

#252C9A #9A2567 #9A9325 #259A58

split-complementary

#252C9A #9A5825 #679A25

monochromatic

#0D1037 #191E69 #252C9A #313ACB #6068D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#252C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#252C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C9A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C9A	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.175 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b9',
    500: '#252c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c9a;
$custom-light: #7366b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.41,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37139,
    "c": 0.17472,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C9A

secondary

#BEB85D

accent

#DB43E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C9A

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

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