#254E8D#254E8D

#254E8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.114 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E8D
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 8.46, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 40.07, 282.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.0221 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.114 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2933, 7.7643, 26.2557)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E8D #8D6425

analogous

#25828D #254E8D #30258D

triadic

#254E8D #8D254E #4E8D25

tetradic

#254E8D #8D2582 #8D6425 #258D30

square

#254E8D #8D2582 #8D6425 #258D30

split-complementary

#254E8D #8D3025 #828D25

monochromatic

#0C182C #18335D #254E8D #3269BD #5989D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#254E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#254E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E8D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E8D	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F548F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.114 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7faf',
    500: '#254e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e8d;
$custom-light: #6e7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.346,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42913,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E8D

secondary

#B89156

accent

#A446E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E8D

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

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