#254E9E#254E9E

#254E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.138 H 262.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E9E
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 158)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 15.12, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 50.00, 287.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% -0.0192 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.138 262)
XYZ	xyz(9.6567, 8.3096, 33.4361)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E9E #9E7525

analogous

#258A9E #254E9E #38259E

triadic

#254E9E #9E254E #4E9E25

tetradic

#254E9E #9E258A #9E7525 #259E38

square

#254E9E #9E258A #9E7525 #259E38

split-complementary

#254E9E #9E3825 #8A9E25

monochromatic

#0E1D3B #19366C #254E9E #3167CF #638BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#254E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#254E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E9E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E9E	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.138 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fbb',
    500: '#254e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e9e;
$custom-light: #717fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.669,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44147,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.08311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E9E

secondary

#C09F5F

accent

#AE43E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E9E

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

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