#254A8E#254A8E

#254A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.121 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254A8E
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 142)
HSL	hsl(219, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(219, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 47.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 11.54, -41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 43.16, 285.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% -0.0181 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.121 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0925, 7.2430, 26.5575)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254A8E #8E6925

analogous

#257E8E #254A8E #34258E

triadic

#254A8E #8E254A #4A8E25

tetradic

#254A8E #8E257E #8E6925 #258E34

square

#254A8E #8E257E #8E6925 #258E34

split-complementary

#254A8E #8E3425 #7E8E25

monochromatic

#0C172D #18315D #254A8E #3263BF #5A85D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#254A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#254A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254A8E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254A8E	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.121 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7caf',
    500: '#254a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254a8e;
$custom-light: #6e7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42061,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254A8E

secondary

#B99656

accent

#AB46E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254A8E

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

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