#253C93#253C93

#253C93 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.146 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253C93
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 147)
HSL	hsl(227, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 59.2%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 23.05, -50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 55.54, 294.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% -0.0056 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.146 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6434, 5.7308, 28.3014)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253C93 #937C25

analogous

#257393 #253C93 #452593

triadic

#253C93 #93253C #3C9325

tetradic

#253C93 #932573 #937C25 #259345

square

#253C93 #932573 #937C25 #259345

split-complementary

#253C93 #934525 #739325

monochromatic

#0C1431 #192862 #253C93 #3150C4 #5C76D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#253C93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#253C93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253C93

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253C93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253C93	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253c93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.146 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7071b3',
    500: '#253c93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253c93;
$custom-light: #7071b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253c93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.455,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39425,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253C93

secondary

#BBA659

accent

#C245E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253C93

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

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