#253E84#253E84

#253E84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.122 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E84
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 132)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 53%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 15.83, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 45.10, 290.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% -0.0084 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.122 266)
XYZ	xyz(6.6490, 5.5038, 22.5373)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E84 #846B25

analogous

#256D84 #253E84 #3C2584

triadic

#253E84 #84253E #3E8425

tetradic

#253E84 #84256D #846B25 #25843C

square

#253E84 #84256D #846B25 #25843C

split-complementary

#253E84 #843C25 #6D8425

monochromatic

#0A1124 #182854 #253E84 #3254B4 #5475CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#253E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#253E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E84

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E84	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.122 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c72a8',
    500: '#253e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e84;
$custom-light: #6c72a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38607,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.05505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E84

secondary

#B39A51

accent

#B848E0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E84

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

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