#253A76#253A76

#253A76 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.106 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A76
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 118)
HSL	hsl(224, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(224, 69%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 50.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 13.13, -36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 39.22, 289.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% -0.0062 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.106 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5449, 4.7269, 17.7562)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A76 #766125

analogous

#256376 #253A76 #382576

triadic

#253A76 #76253A #3A7625

tetradic

#253A76 #762563 #766125 #257638

square

#253A76 #762563 #766125 #257638

split-complementary

#253A76 #763825 #637625

monochromatic

#080C19 #162347 #253A76 #3451A5 #4E6DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#253A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#253A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A76

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A76	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.106 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696f9e',
    500: '#253a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a76;
$custom-light: #696f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36626,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A76

secondary

#A9914E

accent

#B64CDC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#07070E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A76

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

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