#254A9C#254A9C

#254A9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.141 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254A9C
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 156)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 52.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 17.03, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 51.44, 289.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0162 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.141 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2103, 7.6901, 32.4450)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254A9C #9C7725

analogous

#25859C #254A9C #3C259C

triadic

#254A9C #9C254A #4A9C25

tetradic

#254A9C #9C2585 #9C7725 #259C3C

square

#254A9C #9C2585 #9C7725 #259C3C

split-complementary

#254A9C #9C3C25 #859C25

monochromatic

#0E1B39 #19336B #254A9C #3161CD #6287DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#254A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#254A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254A9C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254A9C	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14549F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.141 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bba',
    500: '#254a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254a9c;
$custom-light: #717bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.345,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43118,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254A9C

secondary

#BFA15E

accent

#B243E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254A9C

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

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