#252C9D#252C9D

#252C9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.179 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C9D
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 37.27, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 72.07, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0041 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.179 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7474, 4.6282, 32.3768)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C9D #9D9625

analogous

#25689D #252C9D #5A259D

triadic

#252C9D #9D252C #2C9D25

tetradic

#252C9D #9D2568 #9D9625 #259D5A

square

#252C9D #9D2568 #9D9625 #259D5A

split-complementary

#252C9D #9D5A25 #689D25

monochromatic

#0E103A #191E6B #252C9D #313ACE #6269DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#252C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#252C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C9D

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C9D	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.179 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466bb',
    500: '#252c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c9d;
$custom-light: #7466bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3745,
    "c": 0.17859,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C9D

secondary

#BFBA5E

accent

#DB43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C9D

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

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