#253B93#253B93

#253B93 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.147 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253B93
RGB	rgb(37, 59, 147)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(228, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 23.73, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 56.22, 294.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% -0.0049 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.147 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5916, 5.6270, 28.2841)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253B93 #937D25

analogous

#257293 #253B93 #462593

triadic

#253B93 #93253B #3B9325

tetradic

#253B93 #932572 #937D25 #259346

square

#253B93 #932572 #937D25 #259346

split-complementary

#253B93 #934625 #729325

monochromatic

#0C1431 #192762 #253B93 #314FC4 #5C75D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#253B93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#253B93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253B93

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253B93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253B93	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253b93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 59, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.147 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7070b3',
    500: '#253b93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253b93;
$custom-light: #7070b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253b93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39222,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253B93

secondary

#BBA759

accent

#C345E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253B93

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

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