#252C9C#252C9C

#252C9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.177 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C9C
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 36.92, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 71.51, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0043 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.177 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6623, 4.5942, 31.9290)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C9C #9C9525

analogous

#25679C #252C9C #5A259C

triadic

#252C9C #9C252C #2C9C25

tetradic

#252C9C #9C2567 #9C9525 #259C5A

square

#252C9C #9C2567 #9C9525 #259C5A

split-complementary

#252C9C #9C5A25 #679C25

monochromatic

#0E1039 #191E6B #252C9C #313ACD #6269DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#252C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#252C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C9C

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C9C	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.177 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466ba',
    500: '#252c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c9c;
$custom-light: #7466ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37346,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C9C

secondary

#BFB95E

accent

#DB43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C9C

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

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