#253D95#253D95

#253D95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.147 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253D95
RGB	rgb(37, 61, 149)
HSL	hsl(227, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 59.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 23.14, -51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 56.04, 294.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% -0.0063 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.147 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8546, 5.8999, 29.1528)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253D95 #957D25

analogous

#257595 #253D95 #452595

triadic

#253D95 #95253D #3D9525

tetradic

#253D95 #952575 #957D25 #259545

square

#253D95 #952575 #957D25 #259545

split-complementary

#253D95 #954525 #759525

monochromatic

#0D1533 #192964 #253D95 #3151C6 #5E78D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#253D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#253D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253D95

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253D95	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 61, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.147 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7072b5',
    500: '#253d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253d95;
$custom-light: #7072b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39802,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253D95

secondary

#BCA75A

accent

#C144E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253D95

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

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