#253E93#253E93

#253E93 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.143 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E93
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 147)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.27, 21.68, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.27, 54.17, 293.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% -0.0072 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.143 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7502, 5.9443, 28.3370)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E93 #937A25

analogous

#257593 #253E93 #432593

triadic

#253E93 #93253E #3E9325

tetradic

#253E93 #932575 #937A25 #259343

square

#253E93 #932575 #937A25 #259343

split-complementary

#253E93 #934325 #759325

monochromatic

#0C1531 #192962 #253E93 #3153C4 #5C78D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#253E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#253E93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E93

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E93	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.143 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7072b3',
    500: '#253e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e93;
$custom-light: #7072b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39836,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E93

secondary

#BBA559

accent

#BF45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#080811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E93

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

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