#252CAE#252CAE

#252CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.200 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252CAE
RGB	rgb(37, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 43.19, -69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 81.42, 302.04°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0016 -0.1999)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.2 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3010, 5.2496, 40.5593)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252CAE #AEA725

analogous

#2571AE #252CAE #6325AE

triadic

#252CAE #AE252C #2CAE25

tetradic

#252CAE #AE2571 #AEA725 #25AE63

square

#252CAE #AE2571 #AEA725 #25AE63

split-complementary

#252CAE #AE6325 #71AE25

monochromatic

#101249 #1A1F7C #252CAE #3B43D5 #6D73E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#252CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#252CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252CAE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252CAE	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.200 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7867c7',
    500: '#252cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252cae;
$custom-light: #7867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.934,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39259,
    "c": 0.19989,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252CAE

secondary

#C6C268

accent

#DF40E8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #252CAE

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

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