#252C9E#252C9E

#252C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.180 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252C9E
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 37.63, -62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 72.63, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.004 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.18 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8331, 4.6625, 32.8282)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252C9E #9E9725

analogous

#25689E #252C9E #5A259E

triadic

#252C9E #9E252C #2C9E25

tetradic

#252C9E #9E2568 #9E9725 #259E5A

square

#252C9E #9E2568 #9E9725 #259E5A

split-complementary

#252C9E #9E5A25 #689E25

monochromatic

#0E103B #191E6C #252C9E #313ACF #636ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#252C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#252C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252C9E

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252C9E	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.180 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466bc',
    500: '#252c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252c9e;
$custom-light: #7466bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.529,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37555,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252C9E

secondary

#C0BA5F

accent

#DC43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252C9E

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

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