#254E8F#254E8F

#254E8F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.117 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E8F
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 143)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 45.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 9.24, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 41.23, 282.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% -0.0217 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.117 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4435, 7.8243, 27.0465)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E8F #8F6625

analogous

#25838F #254E8F #31258F

triadic

#254E8F #8F254E #4E8F25

tetradic

#254E8F #8F2583 #8F6625 #258F31

square

#254E8F #8F2583 #8F6625 #258F31

split-complementary

#254E8F #8F3125 #838F25

monochromatic

#0C192E #18335E #254E8F #3269C0 #5A89D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#254E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#254E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E8F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E8F	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.117 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fb0',
    500: '#254e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e8f;
$custom-light: #6e7fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.792,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43053,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E8F

secondary

#B99357

accent

#A646E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E8F

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

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