#252E9A#252E9A

#252E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.172 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E9A
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 34.95, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 69.09, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0034 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.172 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5707, 4.6796, 31.0698)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E9A #9A9125

analogous

#25689A #252E9A #57259A

triadic

#252E9A #9A252E #2E9A25

tetradic

#252E9A #9A2568 #9A9125 #259A57

square

#252E9A #9A2568 #9A9125 #259A57

split-complementary

#252E9A #9A5725 #689A25

monochromatic

#0D1137 #191F69 #252E9A #313DCB #606AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#252E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#252E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E9A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E9A	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.172 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367b9',
    500: '#252e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e9a;
$custom-light: #7367b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3747,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E9A

secondary

#BEB75D

accent

#D843E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E9A

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

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