#253CA2#253CA2

#253CA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.167 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253CA2
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 162)
HSL	hsl(229, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(229, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 63%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 28.79, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 64.39, 296.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% -0.0056 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.167 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8981, 6.2327, 34.9095)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253CA2 #A28B25

analogous

#257BA2 #253CA2 #4D25A2

triadic

#253CA2 #A2253C #3CA225

tetradic

#253CA2 #A2257B #A28B25 #25A24D

square

#253CA2 #A2257B #A28B25 #25A24D

split-complementary

#253CA2 #A24D25 #7BA225

monochromatic

#0E173E #1A2A70 #253CA2 #3451D1 #657BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#253CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#253CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253CA2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253CA2	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.167 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7471be',
    500: '#253ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253ca2;
$custom-light: #7471be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.96,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40763,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253CA2

secondary

#C2B061

accent

#C842E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEECF7

border

#C9C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #253CA2

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

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