#254D8E#254D8E

#254D8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.117 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254D8E
RGB	rgb(37, 77, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 45.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 9.52, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 41.27, 283.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% -0.021 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.117 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2975, 7.6532, 26.6259)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254D8E #8E6625

analogous

#25818E #254D8E #32258E

triadic

#254D8E #8E254D #4D8E25

tetradic

#254D8E #8E2581 #8E6625 #258E32

square

#254D8E #8E2581 #8E6625 #258E32

split-complementary

#254D8E #8E3225 #818E25

monochromatic

#0C182D #18335D #254D8E #3267BF #5A88D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#254D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#254D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254D8E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254D8E	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 77, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.117 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7eaf',
    500: '#254d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254d8e;
$custom-light: #6e7eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42751,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254D8E

secondary

#B99356

accent

#A646E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254D8E

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

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