#253A7A#253A7A

#253A7A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.112 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A7A
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 122)
HSL	hsl(225, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(225, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 52.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 14.69, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 41.70, 290.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% -0.0057 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.112 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7876, 4.8240, 19.0347)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A7A #7A6525

analogous

#25647A #253A7A #3A257A

triadic

#253A7A #7A253A #3A7A25

tetradic

#253A7A #7A2564 #7A6525 #257A3A

square

#253A7A #7A2564 #7A6525 #257A3A

split-complementary

#253A7A #7A3A25 #647A25

monochromatic

#090D1C #17244B #253A7A #3350A9 #506ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#253A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#253A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A7A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A7A	1.00	10.69	1.97	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15427C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.112 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6fa1',
    500: '#253a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a7a;
$custom-light: #6a6fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.176,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36935,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A7A

secondary

#AC954E

accent

#B94BDD

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECECF2

border

#C7C7CC

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A7A

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

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