#253C94#253C94

#253C94 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.147 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253C94
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 148)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(228, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 59.5%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 23.43, -51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 56.13, 294.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% -0.0056 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.147 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7222, 5.7623, 28.7165)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253C94 #947D25

analogous

#257494 #253C94 #462594

triadic

#253C94 #94253C #3C9425

tetradic

#253C94 #942574 #947D25 #259446

square

#253C94 #942574 #947D25 #259446

split-complementary

#253C94 #944625 #749425

monochromatic

#0D1432 #192863 #253C94 #3150C5 #5D76D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#253C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#253C94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253C94

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253C94	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.147 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7071b4',
    500: '#253c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253c94;
$custom-light: #7071b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.568,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39512,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253C94

secondary

#BBA759

accent

#C245E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253C94

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

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