#254C8A#254C8A

#254C8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.112 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C8A
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 8.63, -38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 39.55, 282.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% -0.0208 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.112 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9332, 7.3963, 25.0494)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C8A #8A6325

analogous

#257F8A #254C8A #31258A

triadic

#254C8A #8A254C #4C8A25

tetradic

#254C8A #8A257F #8A6325 #258A31

square

#254C8A #8A257F #8A6325 #258A31

split-complementary

#254C8A #8A3125 #7F8A25

monochromatic

#0B1729 #18315A #254C8A #3267BA #5787D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#254C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#254C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C8A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C8A	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.112 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7dac',
    500: '#254c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c8a;
$custom-light: #6d7dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.832,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42238,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C8A

secondary

#B79154

accent

#A547E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C8A

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

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