#252CA9#252CA9

#252CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.194 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252CA9
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 41.47, -66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 78.71, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0024 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.194 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8226, 5.0583, 38.0398)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252CA9 #A9A225

analogous

#256EA9 #252CA9 #6025A9

triadic

#252CA9 #A9252C #2CA925

tetradic

#252CA9 #A9256E #A9A225 #25A960

square

#252CA9 #A9256E #A9A225 #25A960

split-complementary

#252CA9 #A96025 #6EA925

monochromatic

#0F1245 #1A1F77 #252CA9 #3840D3 #6A70DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#252CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#252CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252CA9

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252CA9	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.194 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c4',
    500: '#252ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252ca9;
$custom-light: #7766c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.818,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3872,
    "c": 0.19372,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252CA9

secondary

#C4BF65

accent

#DE41E7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #252CA9

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

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