#254E91#254E91

#254E91 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.120 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E91
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 145)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 10.03, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 42.40, 283.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% -0.0213 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.12 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5963, 7.8855, 27.8516)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E91 #916825

analogous

#258491 #254E91 #322591

triadic

#254E91 #91254E #4E9125

tetradic

#254E91 #912584 #916825 #259132

square

#254E91 #912584 #916825 #259132

split-complementary

#254E91 #913225 #849125

monochromatic

#0C1A2F #193460 #254E91 #3168C2 #5B8AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#254E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#254E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E91

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E91	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.120 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb2',
    500: '#254e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e91;
$custom-light: #6f7fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.222,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43194,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E91

secondary

#BA9558

accent

#A745E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E91

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

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