#253F95#253F95

#253F95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.145 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253F95
RGB	rgb(37, 63, 149)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 57.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 21.78, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 54.68, 293.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% -0.0079 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.145 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9634, 6.1174, 29.1890)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253F95 #957B25

analogous

#257795 #253F95 #432595

triadic

#253F95 #95253F #3F9525

tetradic

#253F95 #952577 #957B25 #259543

square

#253F95 #952577 #957B25 #259543

split-complementary

#253F95 #954325 #779525

monochromatic

#0D1633 #192A64 #253F95 #3154C6 #5E7AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#253F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#253F95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253F95

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253F95	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 63, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.145 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7073b5',
    500: '#253f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253f95;
$custom-light: #7073b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.071,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40212,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253F95

secondary

#BCA55A

accent

#BE44E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #253F95

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

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