#253E96#253E96

#253E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.148 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E96
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 150)
HSL	hsl(227, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(227, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 58.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 22.85, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 55.96, 294.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% -0.0071 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.148 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9887, 6.0397, 29.5930)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#253E96 #967D25

analogous

#257796 #253E96 #452596

triadic

#253E96 #96253E #3E9625

tetradic

#253E96 #962577 #967D25 #259645

square

#253E96 #962577 #967D25 #259645

split-complementary

#253E96 #964525 #779625

monochromatic

#0D1534 #192A65 #253E96 #3152C7 #5E79D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#253E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#253E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E96

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E96	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.148 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7172b6',
    500: '#253e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e96;
$custom-light: #7172b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.726,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40092,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E96

secondary

#BCA75B

accent

#C044E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E96

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

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