#254AA8#254AA8

#254AA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.157 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254AA8
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 168)
HSL	hsl(223, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(223, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 56%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, 21.72, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 58.48, 291.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% -0.0151 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.157 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2771, 8.1169, 38.0633)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254AA8 #A88325

analogous

#258CA8 #254AA8 #4125A8

triadic

#254AA8 #A8254A #4AA825

tetradic

#254AA8 #A8258C #A88325 #25A841

square

#254AA8 #A8258C #A88325 #25A841

split-complementary

#254AA8 #A84125 #8CA825

monochromatic

#0F1E44 #1A3476 #254AA8 #3763D3 #698ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#254AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#254AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254AA8

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254AA8	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.157 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cc3',
    500: '#254aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254aa8;
$custom-light: #747cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.053,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4408,
    "c": 0.15733,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254AA8

secondary

#C4A965

accent

#B841E7

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254AA8

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

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