#253C95#253C95

#253C95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.149 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253C95
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 149)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(228, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 59.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 23.82, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 56.73, 294.83°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% -0.0056 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.149 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8017, 5.7941, 29.1352)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253C95 #957E25

analogous

#257495 #253C95 #462595

triadic

#253C95 #95253C #3C9525

tetradic

#253C95 #952574 #957E25 #259546

square

#253C95 #952574 #957E25 #259546

split-complementary

#253C95 #954625 #749525

monochromatic

#0D1533 #192864 #253C95 #3150C6 #5E76D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#253C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#253C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253C95

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253C95	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.149 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7071b5',
    500: '#253c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253c95;
$custom-light: #7071b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.679,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39599,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253C95

secondary

#BCA85A

accent

#C344E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253C95

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

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