#253A98#253A98

#253A98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.155 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A98
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 152)
HSL	hsl(229, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(229, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 26.32, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 59.88, 296.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% -0.0041 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.155 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9415, 5.6856, 30.3786)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A98 #988325

analogous

#257498 #253A98 #492598

triadic

#253A98 #98253A #3A9825

tetradic

#253A98 #982574 #988325 #259849

square

#253A98 #982574 #988325 #259849

split-complementary

#253A98 #984925 #749825

monochromatic

#0D1436 #192767 #253A98 #314DC9 #5F75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#253A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#253A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A98

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A98	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.155 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7170b7',
    500: '#253a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a98;
$custom-light: #7170b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.043,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39467,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A98

secondary

#BDAB5C

accent

#C744E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A98

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

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