#252E4E#252E4E

#252E4E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.059 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E4E
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(227, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(227, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 41%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 6.44, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 21.89, 287.10°)
OKLab	oklab(30.94% 0.0008 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(30.94% 0.059 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1147, 2.8972, 7.6013)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E4E #4E4525

analogous

#25434E #252E4E #30254E

triadic

#252E4E #4E252E #2E4E25

tetradic

#252E4E #4E2543 #4E4525 #254E30

square

#252E4E #4E2543 #4E4525 #254E30

split-complementary

#252E4E #4E3025 #434E25

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #111624 #252E4E #394678 #4C5FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#252E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#252E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E4E

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E4E	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22314F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15353A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.059 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626680',
    500: '#252e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e4e;
$custom-light: #626680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.829,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30943,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E4E

secondary

#81764E

accent

#B35CCC

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E4E

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

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