#254E89#254E89

#254E89 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.108 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E89
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 137)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 43.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 6.90, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 37.75, 280.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% -0.023 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.108 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0011, 7.6474, 24.7165)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E89 #896025

analogous

#258089 #254E89 #2E2589

triadic

#254E89 #89254E #4E8925

tetradic

#254E89 #892580 #896025 #25892E

square

#254E89 #892580 #896025 #25892E

split-complementary

#254E89 #892E25 #808925

monochromatic

#0B1729 #183359 #254E89 #3269B9 #5789D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#254E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#254E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E89

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E89	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)

#32538B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.108 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fac',
    500: '#254e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e89;
$custom-light: #6d7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.4,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42639,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E89

secondary

#B68E54

accent

#A247E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E89

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

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