#254E9F#254E9F

#254E9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.140 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254E9F
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 159)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 50.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 15.51, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 50.58, 287.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% -0.0191 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.14 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7431, 8.3442, 33.8913)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254E9F #9F7625

analogous

#258B9F #254E9F #39259F

triadic

#254E9F #9F254E #4E9F25

tetradic

#254E9F #9F258B #9F7625 #259F39

square

#254E9F #9F258B #9F7625 #259F39

split-complementary

#254E9F #9F3925 #8B9F25

monochromatic

#0E1D3C #19366D #254E9F #3267CF #648CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#254E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#254E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254E9F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254E9F	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D57A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.140 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727fbc',
    500: '#254e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254e9f;
$custom-light: #727fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.836,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44223,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254E9F

secondary

#C0A05F

accent

#AF42E5

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254E9F

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

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