#254A9D#254A9D

#254A9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254A9D
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 157)
HSL	hsl(222, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 52.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 17.42, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 52.03, 289.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.0161 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.142 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2954, 7.7242, 32.8928)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254A9D #9D7825

analogous

#25869D #254A9D #3C259D

triadic

#254A9D #9D254A #4A9D25

tetradic

#254A9D #9D2586 #9D7825 #259D3C

square

#254A9D #9D2586 #9D7825 #259D3C

split-complementary

#254A9D #9D3C25 #869D25

monochromatic

#0E1B3A #19336B #254A9D #3161CE #6287DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#254A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#254A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254A9D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254A9D	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1154A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbb',
    500: '#254a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254a9d;
$custom-light: #717bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43196,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254A9D

secondary

#BFA25E

accent

#B343E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254A9D

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

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