#252E9E#252E9E

#252E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.178 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E9E
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 36.39, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 71.36, 300.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.003 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.178 271)
XYZ	xyz(7.9094, 4.8151, 32.8537)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E9E #9E9525

analogous

#256A9E #252E9E #58259E

triadic

#252E9E #9E252E #2E9E25

tetradic

#252E9E #9E256A #9E9525 #259E58

square

#252E9E #9E256A #9E9525 #259E58

split-complementary

#252E9E #9E5825 #6A9E25

monochromatic

#0E113B #19206C #252E9E #313DCF #636CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#252E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#252E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E9E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E9E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.178 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bc',
    500: '#252e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e9e;
$custom-light: #7467bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.537,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37879,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E9E

secondary

#C0B95F

accent

#D943E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E9E

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

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