#254AA9#254AA9

#254AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.159 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254AA9
RGB	rgb(37, 74, 169)
HSL	hsl(223, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(223, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 56.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, 22.10, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 59.06, 291.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% -0.015 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.159 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3706, 8.1543, 38.5558)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254AA9 #A98425

analogous

#258CA9 #254AA9 #4225A9

triadic

#254AA9 #A9254A #4AA925

tetradic

#254AA9 #A9258C #A98425 #25A942

square

#254AA9 #A9258C #A98425 #25A942

split-complementary

#254AA9 #A94225 #8CA925

monochromatic

#0F1E45 #1A3477 #254AA9 #3863D3 #6A8BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#254AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#254AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254AA9

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254AA9	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 74, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.159 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cc3',
    500: '#254aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254aa9;
$custom-light: #747cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.182,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44163,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254AA9

secondary

#C4AA65

accent

#B841E7

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #254AA9

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

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