#252E80#252E80

#252E80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.137 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E80
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 128)
HSL	hsl(234, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 25.33, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 53.80, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0055 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.137 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6349, 3.9053, 20.8747)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E80 #807725

analogous

#255C80 #252E80 #4A2580

triadic

#252E80 #80252E #2E8025

tetradic

#252E80 #80255C #807725 #25804A

square

#252E80 #80255C #807725 #25804A

split-complementary

#252E80 #804A25 #5C8025

monochromatic

#0A0C21 #171D51 #252E80 #333FAF #525ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#252E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#252E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E80

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E80	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.137 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a6',
    500: '#252e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e80;
$custom-light: #6d66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.066,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34936,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E80

secondary

#B1A850

accent

#D049DE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E80

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

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