#254D9F#254D9F

#254D9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.141 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254D9F
RGB	rgb(37, 77, 159)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 51.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 16.19, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 51.23, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44% -0.0183 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.141 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6726, 8.2032, 33.8678)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254D9F #9F7725

analogous

#258A9F #254D9F #3A259F

triadic

#254D9F #9F254D #4D9F25

tetradic

#254D9F #9F258A #9F7725 #259F3A

square

#254D9F #9F258A #9F7725 #259F3A

split-complementary

#254D9F #9F3A25 #8A9F25

monochromatic

#0E1D3C #19356D #254D9F #3266CF #648BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#254D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#254D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254D9F

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254D9F	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1957A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 77, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.141 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727ebc',
    500: '#254d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254d9f;
$custom-light: #727ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.328,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44004,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254D9F

secondary

#C0A15F

accent

#B042E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254D9F

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

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