#253C86#253C86

#253C86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.127 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253C86
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 134)
HSL	hsl(226, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(226, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 55.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 17.99, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 47.69, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% -0.0064 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.127 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6804, 5.3456, 23.2294)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253C86 #866F25

analogous

#256C86 #253C86 #3E2586

triadic

#253C86 #86253C #3C8625

tetradic

#253C86 #86256C #866F25 #25863E

square

#253C86 #86256C #866F25 #25863E

split-complementary

#253C86 #863E25 #6C8625

monochromatic

#0B1126 #182756 #253C86 #3251B6 #5572D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#253C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#253C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253C86

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253C86	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.127 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d71aa',
    500: '#253c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253c86;
$custom-light: #6d71aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.773,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38331,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253C86

secondary

#B49D52

accent

#BC48E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF4

border

#C8C7CE

text

#080710

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #253C86

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

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