#254BAE#254BAE

#254BAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.164 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254BAE
RGB	rgb(37, 75, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 56.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 23.37, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 61.30, 292.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% -0.0154 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.164 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9163, 8.4802, 41.0977)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254BAE #AE8825

analogous

#2590AE #254BAE #4425AE

triadic

#254BAE #AE254B #4BAE25

tetradic

#254BAE #AE2590 #AE8825 #25AE44

square

#254BAE #AE2590 #AE8825 #25AE44

split-complementary

#254BAE #AE4425 #90AE25

monochromatic

#101F49 #1A357C #254BAE #3B66D5 #6D8DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#254BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#254BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254BAE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254BAE	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 75, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.164 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767cc7',
    500: '#254bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254bae;
$custom-light: #767cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.358,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44783,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254BAE

secondary

#C6AC68

accent

#B940E8

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #254BAE

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

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