#252E87#252E87

#252E87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.147 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E87
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 27.96, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 58.01, 298.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0052 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.147 272)
XYZ	xyz(6.1116, 4.0960, 23.3855)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E87 #877E25

analogous

#255F87 #252E87 #4D2587

triadic

#252E87 #87252E #2E8725

tetradic

#252E87 #87255F #877E25 #25874D

square

#252E87 #87255F #877E25 #25874D

split-complementary

#252E87 #874D25 #5F8725

monochromatic

#0B0D27 #181E57 #252E87 #323EB7 #5661D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#252E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#252E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E87

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E87	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.147 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ab',
    500: '#252e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e87;
$custom-light: #6e66ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.49,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35595,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E87

secondary

#B5AC53

accent

#D248E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E87

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

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