#253B95#253B95

#253B95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.150 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253B95
RGB	rgb(37, 59, 149)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(228, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 24.50, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 57.42, 295.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% -0.0048 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.15 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7499, 5.6903, 29.1179)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253B95 #957F25

analogous

#257395 #253B95 #472595

triadic

#253B95 #95253B #3B9525

tetradic

#253B95 #952573 #957F25 #259547

square

#253B95 #952573 #957F25 #259547

split-complementary

#253B95 #954725 #739525

monochromatic

#0D1433 #192864 #253B95 #314EC6 #5E75D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#253B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#253B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253B95

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253B95	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 59, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.150 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7170b5',
    500: '#253b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253b95;
$custom-light: #7170b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.214,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39398,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253B95

secondary

#BCA95A

accent

#C444E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253B95

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

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