#252E8C#252E8C

#252E8C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.154 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E8C
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 140)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 67.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 29.82, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 60.98, 299.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0048 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.154 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4720, 4.2401, 25.2832)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E8C #8C8325

analogous

#25628C #252E8C #4F258C

triadic

#252E8C #8C252E #2E8C25

tetradic

#252E8C #8C2562 #8C8325 #258C4F

square

#252E8C #8C2562 #8C8325 #258C4F

split-complementary

#252E8C #8C4F25 #628C25

monochromatic

#0B0E2B #181E5C #252E8C #323EBC #5863D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#252E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#252E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E8C

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E8C	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.154 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67af',
    500: '#252e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e8c;
$custom-light: #6f67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.757,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36076,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E8C

secondary

#B8AF55

accent

#D446E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E8C

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

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