#252E9F#252E9F

#252E9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.179 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E9F
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 36.75, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 71.92, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0028 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.179 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9958, 4.8496, 33.3088)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E9F #9F9625

analogous

#256B9F #252E9F #59259F

triadic

#252E9F #9F252E #2E9F25

tetradic

#252E9F #9F256B #9F9625 #259F59

square

#252E9F #9F256B #9F9625 #259F59

split-complementary

#252E9F #9F5925 #6B9F25

monochromatic

#0E113C #19206D #252E9F #323ECF #646CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#252E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#252E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E9F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E9F	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.179 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bc',
    500: '#252e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e9f;
$custom-light: #7467bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.574,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37982,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E9F

secondary

#C0B95F

accent

#D942E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E9F

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

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