#254A8A#254A8A

#254A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.115 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254A8A
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 9.97, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 40.80, 284.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.0189 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.115 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7975, 7.1250, 25.0042)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254A8A #8A6525

analogous

#257D8A #254A8A #33258A

triadic

#254A8A #8A254A #4A8A25

tetradic

#254A8A #8A257D #8A6525 #258A33

square

#254A8A #8A257D #8A6525 #258A33

split-complementary

#254A8A #8A3325 #7D8A25

monochromatic

#0B1629 #18305A #254A8A #3264BA #5784D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#254A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#254A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254A8A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254A8A	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A508C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.115 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cac',
    500: '#254a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254a8a;
$custom-light: #6d7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.02,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41773,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254A8A

secondary

#B79354

accent

#A847E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254A8A

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

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