#254E9D#254E9D

#254E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.137 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E9D
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.55, 14.73, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.55, 49.41, 287.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% -0.0194 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.137 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5710, 8.2753, 32.9846)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E9D #9D7425

analogous

#258A9D #254E9D #38259D

triadic

#254E9D #9D254E #4E9D25

tetradic

#254E9D #9D258A #9D7425 #259D38

square

#254E9D #9D258A #9D7425 #259D38

split-complementary

#254E9D #9D3825 #8A9D25

monochromatic

#0E1D3A #19356B #254E9D #3167CE #628BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#254E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#254E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E9D

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E9D	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.137 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fba',
    500: '#254e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e9d;
$custom-light: #717fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44072,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E9D

secondary

#BF9E5E

accent

#AE43E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E9D

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

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