#254D8F#254D8F

#254D8F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.118 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254D8F
RGB	rgb(37, 77, 143)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 9.91, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 41.85, 283.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0208 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.118 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3730, 7.6833, 27.0230)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254D8F #8F6725

analogous

#25828F #254D8F #32258F

triadic

#254D8F #8F254D #4D8F25

tetradic

#254D8F #8F2582 #8F6725 #258F32

square

#254D8F #8F2582 #8F6725 #258F32

split-complementary

#254D8F #8F3225 #828F25

monochromatic

#0C192E #18335E #254D8F #3267C0 #5A88D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#254D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#254D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254D8F

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254D8F	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 77, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.118 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7eb0',
    500: '#254d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254d8f;
$custom-light: #6e7eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.358,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42821,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254D8F

secondary

#B99457

accent

#A746E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254D8F

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

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