#254C9D#254C9D

#254C9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C9D
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 157)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, 16.07, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 50.71, 288.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% -0.0177 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.139 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4310, 7.9955, 32.9380)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C9D #9D7625

analogous

#25889D #254C9D #3A259D

triadic

#254C9D #9D254C #4C9D25

tetradic

#254C9D #9D2588 #9D7625 #259D3A

square

#254C9D #9D2588 #9D7625 #259D3A

split-complementary

#254C9D #9D3A25 #889D25

monochromatic

#0E1C3A #19346B #254C9D #3164CE #6289DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#254C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#254C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C9D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C9D	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1956A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717dba',
    500: '#254c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c9d;
$custom-light: #717dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43632,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C9D

secondary

#BFA05E

accent

#B043E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C9D

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

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