#254A8B#254A8B

#254A8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.116 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254A8B
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 10.37, -40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 41.39, 284.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% -0.0187 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.116 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8703, 7.1541, 25.3872)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254A8B #8B6625

analogous

#257D8B #254A8B #33258B

triadic

#254A8B #8B254A #4A8B25

tetradic

#254A8B #8B257D #8B6625 #258B33

square

#254A8B #8B257D #8B6625 #258B33

split-complementary

#254A8B #8B3325 #7D8B25

monochromatic

#0B172A #18305B #254A8B #3264BB #5884D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#254A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#254A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254A8B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254A8B	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14478A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.116 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cad',
    500: '#254a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254a8b;
$custom-light: #6d7cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.235,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41844,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254A8B

secondary

#B79355

accent

#A947E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254A8B

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

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