#252E9D#252E9D

#252E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.176 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E9D
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 36.03, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 70.79, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0031 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.176 271)
XYZ	xyz(7.8237, 4.7808, 32.4022)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E9D #9D9425

analogous

#256A9D #252E9D #58259D

triadic

#252E9D #9D252E #2E9D25

tetradic

#252E9D #9D256A #9D9425 #259D58

square

#252E9D #9D256A #9D9425 #259D58

split-complementary

#252E9D #9D5825 #6A9D25

monochromatic

#0E113A #191F6B #252E9D #313DCE #626BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#252E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#252E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E9D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E9D	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.176 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bb',
    500: '#252e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e9d;
$custom-light: #7467bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37776,
    "c": 0.1764,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E9D

secondary

#BFB85E

accent

#D943E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E9D

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

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