#254E8A#254E8A

#254E8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.110 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E8A
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 7.29, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 38.33, 280.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% -0.0227 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.11 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0731, 7.6762, 25.0960)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E8A #8A6125

analogous

#25818A #254E8A #2F258A

triadic

#254E8A #8A254E #4E8A25

tetradic

#254E8A #8A2581 #8A6125 #258A2F

square

#254E8A #8A2581 #8A6125 #258A2F

split-complementary

#254E8A #8A2F25 #818A25

monochromatic

#0B1729 #18335A #254E8A #3269BA #5789D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#254E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#254E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E8A

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E8A	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)

#31538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.110 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fac',
    500: '#254e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e8a;
$custom-light: #6d7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.644,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42707,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E8A

secondary

#B78F54

accent

#A247E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E8A

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

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