#254B8A#254B8A

#254B8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.114 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254B8A
RGB	rgb(37, 75, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 9.30, -39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 40.17, 283.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% -0.0198 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.114 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8648, 7.2596, 25.0266)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254B8A #8A6425

analogous

#257E8A #254B8A #32258A

triadic

#254B8A #8A254B #4B8A25

tetradic

#254B8A #8A257E #8A6425 #258A32

square

#254B8A #8A257E #8A6425 #258A32

split-complementary

#254B8A #8A3225 #7E8A25

monochromatic

#0B1729 #18315A #254B8A #3265BA #5786D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#254B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#254B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254B8A

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254B8A	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C518C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 75, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.114 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cac',
    500: '#254b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254b8a;
$custom-light: #6d7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.426,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42005,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254B8A

secondary

#B79254

accent

#A747E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254B8A

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

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