#254C8E#254C8E

#254C8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.118 H 260.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C8E
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 142)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 46.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 10.19, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 41.89, 284.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% -0.02 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.118 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2281, 7.5143, 26.6027)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C8E #8E6725

analogous

#25818E #254C8E #32258E

triadic

#254C8E #8E254C #4C8E25

tetradic

#254C8E #8E2581 #8E6725 #258E32

square

#254C8E #8E2581 #8E6725 #258E32

split-complementary

#254C8E #8E3225 #818E25

monochromatic

#0C182D #18325D #254C8E #3266BF #5A87D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#254C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#254C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C8E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C8E	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.118 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7daf',
    500: '#254c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c8e;
$custom-light: #6e7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4252,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C8E

secondary

#B99456

accent

#A846E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C8E

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

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