#252E86#252E86

#252E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.146 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E86
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 27.59, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 57.42, 298.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0052 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.146 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0416, 4.0679, 23.0164)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E86 #867D25

analogous

#255E86 #252E86 #4C2586

triadic

#252E86 #86252E #2E8625

tetradic

#252E86 #86255E #867D25 #25864C

square

#252E86 #86255E #867D25 #25864C

split-complementary

#252E86 #864C25 #5E8625

monochromatic

#0B0D26 #181E56 #252E86 #323EB6 #5561D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#252E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#252E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E86

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E86	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.146 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66aa',
    500: '#252e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e86;
$custom-light: #6e66aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.433,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35499,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E86

secondary

#B4AB52

accent

#D248E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E86

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

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