#254E90#254E90

#254E90 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.118 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E90
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 144)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 45.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, 9.64, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 41.81, 283.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0215 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.118 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5196, 7.8548, 27.4473)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E90 #906725

analogous

#258390 #254E90 #312590

triadic

#254E90 #90254E #4E9025

tetradic

#254E90 #902583 #906725 #259031

square

#254E90 #902583 #906725 #259031

split-complementary

#254E90 #903125 #839025

monochromatic

#0C192F #18345F #254E90 #3268C1 #5B89D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#254E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#254E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E90

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E90	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.118 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fb1',
    500: '#254e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e90;
$custom-light: #6e7fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.009,
    "s": 59.116,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43123,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E90

secondary

#B99457

accent

#A645E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E90

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

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