#253CC6#253CC6

#253CC6 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.213 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253CC6
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 198)
HSL	hsl(231, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(231, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 42.01, -73.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 84.62, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% -0.0076 -0.2128)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.213 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5683, 7.7008, 54.2391)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253CC6 #C6AF25

analogous

#258CC6 #253CC6 #5F25C6

triadic

#253CC6 #C6253C #3CC625

tetradic

#253CC6 #C6258C #C6AF25 #25C65F

square

#253CC6 #C6258C #C6AF25 #25C65F

split-complementary

#253CC6 #C65F25 #8CC625

monochromatic

#121D5F #1B2C92 #253CC6 #4B60DD #7E8DE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#253CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#253CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253CC6

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253CC6	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.213 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d72d9',
    500: '#253cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253cc6;
$custom-light: #7d72d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44242,
    "c": 0.21298,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253CC6

secondary

#CFC377

accent

#D23CEB

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0C0815

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #253CC6

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

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