#254C9E#254C9E

#254C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.141 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C9E
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 51.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 16.47, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 51.30, 288.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% -0.0176 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.141 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5167, 8.0298, 33.3895)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C9E #9E7725

analogous

#25889E #254C9E #3A259E

triadic

#254C9E #9E254C #4C9E25

tetradic

#254C9E #9E2588 #9E7725 #259E3A

square

#254C9E #9E2588 #9E7725 #259E3A

split-complementary

#254C9E #9E3A25 #889E25

monochromatic

#0E1C3B #19346C #254C9E #3164CF #6389DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#254C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#254C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C9E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C9E	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1756A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.141 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727dbb',
    500: '#254c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c9e;
$custom-light: #727dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.661,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43709,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C9E

secondary

#C0A15F

accent

#B143E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C9E

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

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