#253F94#253F94

#253F94 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.143 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253F94
RGB	rgb(37, 63, 148)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 57.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 21.39, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 54.08, 293.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% -0.008 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.143 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8839, 6.0856, 28.7704)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253F94 #947A25

analogous

#257794 #253F94 #432594

triadic

#253F94 #94253F #3F9425

tetradic

#253F94 #942577 #947A25 #259443

square

#253F94 #942577 #947A25 #259443

split-complementary

#253F94 #944325 #779425

monochromatic

#0D1532 #192A63 #253F94 #3154C5 #5D79D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#253F94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#253F94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253F94

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253F94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253F94	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253f94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 63, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.143 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7073b4',
    500: '#253f94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253f94;
$custom-light: #7073b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253f94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.946,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40128,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253F94

secondary

#BBA459

accent

#BE45E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253F94

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

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