#252E8D#252E8D

#252E8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.155 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E8D
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 30.19, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 61.57, 299.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0047 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.155 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5460, 4.2697, 25.6733)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E8D #8D8425

analogous

#25628D #252E8D #50258D

triadic

#252E8D #8D252E #2E8D25

tetradic

#252E8D #8D2562 #8D8425 #258D50

square

#252E8D #8D2562 #8D8425 #258D50

split-complementary

#252E8D #8D5025 #628D25

monochromatic

#0C0E2C #181E5D #252E8D #323EBD #5964D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#252E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#252E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E8D

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E8D	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.155 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067af',
    500: '#252e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e8d;
$custom-light: #7067af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.808,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36174,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E8D

secondary

#B8B056

accent

#D446E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E8D

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

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