#253E98#253E98

#253E98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.150 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E98
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 152)
HSL	hsl(227, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(227, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 59.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 23.62, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 57.15, 294.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% -0.007 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.15 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1511, 6.1047, 30.4484)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E98 #987F25

analogous

#257798 #253E98 #462598

triadic

#253E98 #98253E #3E9825

tetradic

#253E98 #982577 #987F25 #259846

square

#253E98 #982577 #987F25 #259846

split-complementary

#253E98 #984625 #779825

monochromatic

#0D1636 #192A67 #253E98 #3152C9 #5F7AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#253E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#253E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E98

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E98	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.150 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7172b7',
    500: '#253e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e98;
$custom-light: #7172b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40265,
    "c": 0.15033,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E98

secondary

#BDA85C

accent

#C144E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E98

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

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