#254E88#254E88

#254E88 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.107 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E88
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 136)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 42.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 6.51, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 37.17, 280.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% -0.0232 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.107 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9297, 7.6188, 24.3404)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E88 #885F25

analogous

#258088 #254E88 #2E2588

triadic

#254E88 #88254E #4E8825

tetradic

#254E88 #882580 #885F25 #25882E

square

#254E88 #882580 #885F25 #25882E

split-complementary

#254E88 #882E25 #808825

monochromatic

#0B1728 #183258 #254E88 #326AB8 #5689D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#254E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#254E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E88

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E88	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33538A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.107 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fab',
    500: '#254e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e88;
$custom-light: #6d7fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.152,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42572,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E88

secondary

#B68D53

accent

#A147E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E88

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

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