#253E86#253E86

#253E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.125 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E86
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 134)
HSL	hsl(225, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(225, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 53.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 16.61, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 46.32, 291.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% -0.0082 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.125 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7871, 5.5591, 23.2650)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E86 #866D25

analogous

#256E86 #253E86 #3C2586

triadic

#253E86 #86253E #3E8625

tetradic

#253E86 #86256E #866D25 #25863C

square

#253E86 #86256E #866D25 #25863C

split-complementary

#253E86 #863C25 #6E8625

monochromatic

#0B1226 #182856 #253E86 #3254B6 #5575D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#253E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#253E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E86

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E86	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.125 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d72aa',
    500: '#253e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e86;
$custom-light: #6d72aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.536,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38766,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E86

secondary

#B49B52

accent

#B948E0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E86

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

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