#254A9E#254A9E

#254A9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.143 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254A9E
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 158)
HSL	hsl(222, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 53.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 17.82, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 52.62, 289.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% -0.0159 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.143 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3811, 7.7584, 33.3442)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254A9E #9E7925

analogous

#25869E #254A9E #3C259E

triadic

#254A9E #9E254A #4A9E25

tetradic

#254A9E #9E2586 #9E7925 #259E3C

square

#254A9E #9E2586 #9E7925 #259E3C

split-complementary

#254A9E #9E3C25 #869E25

monochromatic

#0E1C3B #19336C #254A9E #3162CF #6387DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#254A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#254A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254A9E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254A9E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F55A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.143 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bbb',
    500: '#254a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254a9e;
$custom-light: #727bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.653,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43275,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254A9E

secondary

#C0A25F

accent

#B343E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254A9E

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

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