#253D94#253D94

#253D94 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.146 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253D94
RGB	rgb(37, 61, 148)
HSL	hsl(227, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 58.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 22.75, -50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 55.45, 294.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% -0.0064 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.146 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7751, 5.8681, 28.7341)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253D94 #947C25

analogous

#257594 #253D94 #452594

triadic

#253D94 #94253D #3D9425

tetradic

#253D94 #942575 #947C25 #259445

square

#253D94 #942575 #947C25 #259445

split-complementary

#253D94 #944525 #759425

monochromatic

#0D1532 #192963 #253D94 #3151C5 #5D77D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#253D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#253D94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253D94

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253D94	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 61, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.146 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7072b4',
    500: '#253d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253d94;
$custom-light: #7072b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.027,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39715,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253D94

secondary

#BBA659

accent

#C145E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253D94

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

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