#254C9C#254C9C

#254C9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.138 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C9C
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 156)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 15.68, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 50.13, 288.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0178 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.138 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3460, 7.9615, 32.4902)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C9C #9C7525

analogous

#25879C #254C9C #39259C

triadic

#254C9C #9C254C #4C9C25

tetradic

#254C9C #9C2587 #9C7525 #259C39

square

#254C9C #9C2587 #9C7525 #259C39

split-complementary

#254C9C #9C3925 #879C25

monochromatic

#0E1C39 #19346B #254C9C #3164CD #6289DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#254C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#254C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C9C

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C9C	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.138 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717dba',
    500: '#254c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c9c;
$custom-light: #717dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.336,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43555,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C9C

secondary

#BF9F5E

accent

#B043E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C9C

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

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