#253A96#253A96

#253A96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.153 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A96
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 150)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(229, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 25.56, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 58.70, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% -0.0041 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.153 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7791, 5.6206, 29.5232)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A96 #968125

analogous

#257396 #253A96 #492596

triadic

#253A96 #96253A #3A9625

tetradic

#253A96 #962573 #968125 #259649

square

#253A96 #962573 #968125 #259649

split-complementary

#253A96 #964925 #739625

monochromatic

#0D1434 #192765 #253A96 #314DC7 #5E75D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#253A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#253A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A96

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A96	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.153 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#716fb6',
    500: '#253a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a96;
$custom-light: #716fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.85,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39288,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A96

secondary

#BCAA5B

accent

#C644E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A96

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

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