#254B9C#254B9C

#254B9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254B9C
RGB	rgb(37, 75, 156)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 51.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 16.36, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 50.78, 288.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.017 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.139 263)
XYZ	xyz(9.2776, 7.8247, 32.4674)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254B9C #9C7625

analogous

#25879C #254B9C #3A259C

triadic

#254B9C #9C254B #4B9C25

tetradic

#254B9C #9C2587 #9C7625 #259C3A

square

#254B9C #9C2587 #9C7625 #259C3A

split-complementary

#254B9C #9C3A25 #879C25

monochromatic

#0E1B39 #19336B #254B9C #3163CD #6288DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#254B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#254B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254B9C

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254B9C	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 75, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cba',
    500: '#254b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254b9c;
$custom-light: #717cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.84,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43336,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.07826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254B9C

secondary

#BFA05E

accent

#B143E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254B9C

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

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