#253A97#253A97

#253A97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.154 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A97
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 151)
HSL	hsl(229, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(229, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 61.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 25.94, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 59.29, 295.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% -0.0041 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.154 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8600, 5.6530, 29.9490)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A97 #978225

analogous

#257397 #253A97 #492597

triadic

#253A97 #97253A #3A9725

tetradic

#253A97 #972573 #978225 #259749

square

#253A97 #972573 #978225 #259749

split-complementary

#253A97 #974925 #739725

monochromatic

#0D1435 #192766 #253A97 #314DC8 #5F75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#253A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#253A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A97

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A97	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.154 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#716fb6',
    500: '#253a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a97;
$custom-light: #716fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.947,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39377,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A97

secondary

#BDAB5B

accent

#C644E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A97

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

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