#253BC6#253BC6

#253BC6 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.214 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#253BC6
RGBrgb(37, 59, 198)
HSLhsl(232, 69%, 46%)
HSVhsv(232, 81%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(81.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(33.13, 42.62, -73.82)
CIE-LCHlch(33.13, 85.24, 300.00°)
OKLaboklab(44.08% -0.0072 -0.2139)
OKLCHoklch(44.08% 0.214 268.1)
XYZxyz(12.5164, 7.5970, 54.2218)
Luminance0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#253BC6 #C6B025
analogous
#258BC6 #253BC6 #5F25C6
triadic
#253BC6 #C6253B #3BC625
tetradic
#253BC6 #C6258B #C6B025 #25C65F
square
#253BC6 #C6258B #C6B025 #25C65F
split-complementary
#253BC6 #C65F25 #8BC625
monochromatic
#121C5F #1B2C92 #253BC6 #4B5FDD #7E8DE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33
#253BC6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52
#253BC6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253BC6
8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##253BC6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##253BC61.008.332.528.33
#FFFFFF8.331.0021.001.00
#0000002.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.331.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0056CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0046C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00627C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #253bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 59, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.214 268.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d71d9',
    500: '#253bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #253bc6;
$custom-light: #7d71d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#253bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.801,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44081,
    "c": 0.21403,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#253BC6
secondary
#CFC377
accent
#D33CEB
background
#F8F6FD
surface
#F0ECFB
border
#CBC7D4
text
#0C0815
muted
#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #253BC6

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#253BC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva