#252EA7#252EA7

#252EA7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.189 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252EA7
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 39.58, -65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 76.38, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0018 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.189 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7126, 5.1364, 37.0840)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252EA7 #A79E25

analogous

#256FA7 #252EA7 #5D25A7

triadic

#252EA7 #A7252E #2EA725

tetradic

#252EA7 #A7256F #A79E25 #25A75D

square

#252EA7 #A7256F #A79E25 #25A75D

split-complementary

#252EA7 #A75D25 #6FA725

monochromatic

#0F1243 #1A2075 #252EA7 #3741D3 #6971DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#252EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#252EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252EA7

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252EA7	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.189 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c2',
    500: '#252ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252ea7;
$custom-light: #7668c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.846,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38815,
    "c": 0.18916,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252EA7

secondary

#C4BD64

accent

#DB41E7

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #252EA7

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

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