#254CAE#254CAE

#254CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.163 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254CAE
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, 22.70, -56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 60.64, 291.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% -0.0161 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.163 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9847, 8.6169, 41.1205)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254CAE #AE8725

analogous

#2591AE #254CAE #4325AE

triadic

#254CAE #AE254C #4CAE25

tetradic

#254CAE #AE2591 #AE8725 #25AE43

square

#254CAE #AE2591 #AE8725 #25AE43

split-complementary

#254CAE #AE4325 #91AE25

monochromatic

#102049 #1A367C #254CAE #3B67D5 #6D8EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#254CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#254CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254CAE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254CAE	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.163 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757dc7',
    500: '#254cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254cae;
$custom-light: #757dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.92,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44988,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254CAE

secondary

#C6AC68

accent

#B840E8

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #254CAE

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

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