#254E9A#254E9A

#254E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.133 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E9A
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 154)
HSL	hsl(219, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 49.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 13.55, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 47.66, 286.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% -0.0198 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.133 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3180, 8.1741, 31.6523)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E9A #9A7125

analogous

#25899A #254E9A #36259A

triadic

#254E9A #9A254E #4E9A25

tetradic

#254E9A #9A2589 #9A7125 #259A36

square

#254E9A #9A2589 #9A7125 #259A36

split-complementary

#254E9A #9A3625 #899A25

monochromatic

#0D1C37 #193569 #254E9A #3167CB #608BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#254E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#254E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E9A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E9A	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23569D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.133 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fb8',
    500: '#254e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e9a;
$custom-light: #717fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.974,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43847,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E9A

secondary

#BE9C5D

accent

#AC43E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E9A

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

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