#252D84#252D84

#252D84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.144 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252D84
RGB	rgb(37, 45, 132)
HSL	hsl(235, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 65.9%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 27.51, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 56.91, 298.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0061 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.144 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8648, 3.9355, 22.2759)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252D84 #847C25

analogous

#255C84 #252D84 #4C2584

triadic

#252D84 #84252D #2D8425

tetradic

#252D84 #84255C #847C25 #25844C

square

#252D84 #84255C #847C25 #25844C

split-complementary

#252D84 #844C25 #5C8425

monochromatic

#0A0C24 #181D54 #252D84 #323DB4 #545FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#252D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#252D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252D84

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252D84	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 45, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.144 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66a9',
    500: '#252d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252d84;
$custom-light: #6e66a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.947,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35122,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252D84

secondary

#B3AB51

accent

#D348E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252D84

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

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