#252D80#252D80

#252D80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.138 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252D80
RGB	rgb(37, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 26.00, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 54.50, 298.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0063 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.138 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5963, 3.8281, 20.8619)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252D80 #807825

analogous

#255B80 #252D80 #4A2580

triadic

#252D80 #80252D #2D8025

tetradic

#252D80 #80255B #807825 #25804A

square

#252D80 #80255B #807825 #25804A

split-complementary

#252D80 #804A25 #5B8025

monochromatic

#0A0C21 #171C51 #252D80 #333EAF #525DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#252D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#252D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252D80

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252D80	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.138 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a6',
    500: '#252d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252d80;
$custom-light: #6d66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.725,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34744,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252D80

secondary

#B1A950

accent

#D149DE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252D80

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

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