#253178#253178

#253178 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.121 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253178
RGB	rgb(37, 49, 120)
HSL	hsl(231, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(231, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 59.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 20.21, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 46.77, 295.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0029 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.121 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2503, 3.9455, 18.2505)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253178 #786C25

analogous

#255A78 #253178 #422578

triadic

#253178 #782531 #317825

tetradic

#253178 #78255A #786C25 #257842

square

#253178 #78255A #786C25 #257842

split-complementary

#253178 #784225 #5A7825

monochromatic

#080B1A #171E49 #253178 #3344A7 #4F60C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#253178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#253178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253178

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253178	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 49, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.121 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a68a0',
    500: '#253178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253178;
$custom-light: #6a68a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.325,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34824,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253178

secondary

#AA9D4E

accent

#C74CDC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #253178

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

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