#253990#253990

#253990 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.146 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253990
RGB	rgb(37, 57, 144)
HSL	hsl(229, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(229, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 23.93, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 55.81, 295.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% -0.0034 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.146 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2584, 5.3324, 27.0269)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253990 #907C25

analogous

#256E90 #253990 #462590

triadic

#253990 #902539 #399025

tetradic

#253990 #90256E #907C25 #259046

square

#253990 #90256E #907C25 #259046

split-complementary

#253990 #904625 #6E9025

monochromatic

#0C122F #18265F #253990 #324CC1 #5B71D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#253990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#253990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253990

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253990	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 57, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.146 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6fb1',
    500: '#253990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253990;
$custom-light: #6f6fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.785,
    "s": 59.116,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38555,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253990

secondary

#B9A757

accent

#C545E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#080711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253990

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

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