#254B9D#254B9D

#254B9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254B9D
RGB	rgb(37, 75, 157)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 52.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 16.75, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 51.37, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% -0.0169 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.141 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3627, 7.8587, 32.9152)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254B9D #9D7725

analogous

#25879D #254B9D #3B259D

triadic

#254B9D #9D254B #4B9D25

tetradic

#254B9D #9D2587 #9D7725 #259D3B

square

#254B9D #9D2587 #9D7725 #259D3B

split-complementary

#254B9D #9D3B25 #879D25

monochromatic

#0E1C3A #19336B #254B9D #3163CE #6288DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#254B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#254B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254B9D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254B9D	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1655A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 75, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cba',
    500: '#254b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254b9d;
$custom-light: #717cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43413,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254B9D

secondary

#BFA15E

accent

#B243E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254B9D

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

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