#252E89#252E89

#252E89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.150 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E89
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 28.71, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 59.20, 299.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.005 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.15 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2538, 4.1528, 24.1341)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E89 #898025

analogous

#256089 #252E89 #4E2589

triadic

#252E89 #89252E #2E8925

tetradic

#252E89 #892560 #898025 #25894E

square

#252E89 #892560 #898025 #25894E

split-complementary

#252E89 #894E25 #608925

monochromatic

#0B0E29 #181E59 #252E89 #323EB9 #5762D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#252E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#252E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E89

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E89	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.150 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ac',
    500: '#252e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e89;
$custom-light: #6f67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.6,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35786,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E89

secondary

#B6AD54

accent

#D347E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E89

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

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