#252E8F#252E8F

#252E8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.158 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E8F
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 30.93, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 62.74, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0046 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.158 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6962, 4.3298, 26.4641)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E8F #8F8625

analogous

#25638F #252E8F #51258F

triadic

#252E8F #8F252E #2E8F25

tetradic

#252E8F #8F2563 #8F8625 #258F51

square

#252E8F #8F2563 #8F8625 #258F51

split-complementary

#252E8F #8F5125 #638F25

monochromatic

#0C0F2E #181E5E #252E8F #323EC0 #5A64D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#252E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#252E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E8F

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E8F	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.158 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067b1',
    500: '#252e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e8f;
$custom-light: #7067b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.906,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3637,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E8F

secondary

#B9B157

accent

#D546E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E8F

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

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