#254D9E#254D9E

#254D9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.140 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254D9E
RGB	rgb(37, 77, 158)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 51.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, 15.79, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 50.65, 288.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% -0.0184 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.14 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5862, 8.1686, 33.4126)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254D9E #9E7625

analogous

#25899E #254D9E #39259E

triadic

#254D9E #9E254D #4D9E25

tetradic

#254D9E #9E2589 #9E7625 #259E39

square

#254D9E #9E2589 #9E7625 #259E39

split-complementary

#254D9E #9E3925 #899E25

monochromatic

#0E1D3B #19356C #254D9E #3165CF #638ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#254D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#254D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254D9E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254D9E	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 77, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.140 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727ebb',
    500: '#254d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254d9e;
$custom-light: #727ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.165,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43927,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254D9E

secondary

#C0A05F

accent

#AF43E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254D9E

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

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