#253D82#253D82

#253D82 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.120 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253D82
RGB	rgb(37, 61, 130)
HSL	hsl(225, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(225, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 15.74, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 44.56, 290.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% -0.0077 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.12 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4596, 5.3419, 21.8054)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253D82 #826A25

analogous

#256C82 #253D82 #3B2582

triadic

#253D82 #82253D #3D8225

tetradic

#253D82 #82256C #826A25 #25823B

square

#253D82 #82256C #826A25 #25823B

split-complementary

#253D82 #823B25 #6C8225

monochromatic

#0A1023 #172752 #253D82 #3353B2 #5373CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#253D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#253D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253D82

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253D82	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 61, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.120 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c72a7',
    500: '#253d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253d82;
$custom-light: #6c72a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 55.689,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38229,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253D82

secondary

#B29950

accent

#B849DF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#08070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #253D82

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

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