#254D8A#254D8A

#254D8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.111 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254D8A
RGB	rgb(37, 77, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 44.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 7.96, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 38.93, 281.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0218 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.111 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0026, 7.5352, 25.0725)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254D8A #8A6225

analogous

#25808A #254D8A #30258A

triadic

#254D8A #8A254D #4D8A25

tetradic

#254D8A #8A2580 #8A6225 #258A30

square

#254D8A #8A2580 #8A6225 #258A30

split-complementary

#254D8A #8A3025 #808A25

monochromatic

#0B1729 #18325A #254D8A #3268BA #5788D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#254D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#254D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254D8A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254D8A	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 77, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.111 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7eac',
    500: '#254d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254d8a;
$custom-light: #6d7eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.238,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42472,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254D8A

secondary

#B79054

accent

#A447E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254D8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →