#252E8E#252E8E

#252E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.157 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E8E
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 30.56, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 62.15, 299.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0046 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.157 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6208, 4.2996, 26.0669)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E8E #8E8525

analogous

#25638E #252E8E #50258E

triadic

#252E8E #8E252E #2E8E25

tetradic

#252E8E #8E2563 #8E8525 #258E50

square

#252E8E #8E2563 #8E8525 #258E50

split-complementary

#252E8E #8E5025 #638E25

monochromatic

#0C0F2D #181E5D #252E8E #323EBF #5A64D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#252E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#252E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E8E

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E8E	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.157 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067b0',
    500: '#252e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e8e;
$custom-light: #7067b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36271,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E8E

secondary

#B9B056

accent

#D446E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E8E

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

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