#254AA6#254AA6

#254AA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.155 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254AA6
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 166)
HSL	hsl(223, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(223, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 55.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, 20.94, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 57.31, 291.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% -0.0152 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.155 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0922, 8.0429, 37.0895)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254AA6 #A68125

analogous

#258AA6 #254AA6 #4125A6

triadic

#254AA6 #A6254A #4AA625

tetradic

#254AA6 #A6258A #A68125 #25A641

square

#254AA6 #A6258A #A68125 #25A641

split-complementary

#254AA6 #A64125 #8AA625

monochromatic

#0F1D42 #1A3474 #254AA6 #3663D2 #688ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#254AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#254AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254AA6

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254AA6	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.155 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cc1',
    500: '#254aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254aa6;
$custom-light: #747cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.791,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43917,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254AA6

secondary

#C3A864

accent

#B741E7

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254AA6

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

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