#253EAE#253EAE

#253EAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.180 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253EAE
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 31.99, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 69.97, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0071 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.18 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1229, 6.8934, 40.8332)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253EAE #AE9525

analogous

#2583AE #253EAE #5125AE

triadic

#253EAE #AE253E #3EAE25

tetradic

#253EAE #AE2583 #AE9525 #25AE51

square

#253EAE #AE2583 #AE9525 #25AE51

split-complementary

#253EAE #AE5125 #83AE25

monochromatic

#101A49 #1A2C7C #253EAE #3B57D5 #6D82E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#253EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#253EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253EAE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253EAE	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.180 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7773c7',
    500: '#253eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253eae;
$custom-light: #7773c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.051,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4225,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253EAE

secondary

#C6B568

accent

#C940E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEECF8

border

#C9C7D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #253EAE

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

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