#254B9E#254B9E

#254B9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254B9E
RGB	rgb(37, 75, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 52.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 17.14, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 51.96, 289.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% -0.0168 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.142 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4484, 7.8930, 33.3667)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254B9E #9E7825

analogous

#25879E #254B9E #3B259E

triadic

#254B9E #9E254B #4B9E25

tetradic

#254B9E #9E2587 #9E7825 #259E3B

square

#254B9E #9E2587 #9E7825 #259E3B

split-complementary

#254B9E #9E3B25 #879E25

monochromatic

#0E1C3B #19336C #254B9E #3163CF #6388DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#254B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#254B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254B9E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254B9E	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1455A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 75, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cbb',
    500: '#254b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254b9e;
$custom-light: #727cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.157,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43491,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254B9E

secondary

#C0A15F

accent

#B243E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254B9E

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

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