#253F86#253F86

#253F86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.123 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253F86
RGB	rgb(37, 63, 134)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 53%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 15.92, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 45.64, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% -0.0091 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.123 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8420, 5.6689, 23.2832)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253F86 #866C25

analogous

#256F86 #253F86 #3C2586

triadic

#253F86 #86253F #3F8625

tetradic

#253F86 #86256F #866C25 #25863C

square

#253F86 #86256F #866C25 #25863C

split-complementary

#253F86 #863C25 #6F8625

monochromatic

#0B1226 #182856 #253F86 #3256B6 #5576D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#253F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#253F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253F86

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253F86	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 63, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.123 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d73aa',
    500: '#253f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253f86;
$custom-light: #6d73aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.918,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38985,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253F86

secondary

#B49A52

accent

#B748E0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #253F86

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

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