#253AA0#253AA0

#253AA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.166 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253AA0
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 160)
HSL	hsl(230, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(230, 77%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 63.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 29.37, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 64.57, 297.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% -0.0042 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.166 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6190, 5.9565, 33.9464)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253AA0 #A08B25

analogous

#2577A0 #253AA0 #4D25A0

triadic

#253AA0 #A0253A #3AA025

tetradic

#253AA0 #A02577 #A08B25 #25A04D

square

#253AA0 #A02577 #A08B25 #25A04D

split-complementary

#253AA0 #A04D25 #77A025

monochromatic

#0E163D #1A286E #253AA0 #324DD0 #6479DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#253AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#253AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253AA0

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253AA0	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.166 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7370bd',
    500: '#253aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253aa0;
$custom-light: #7370bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.756,
    "s": 62.437,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.402,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253AA0

secondary

#C1B060

accent

#CA42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEECF7

border

#C9C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #253AA0

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

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