#254EA6#254EA6

#254EA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.150 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254EA6
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 166)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 53%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.19, 18.25, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.19, 54.67, 289.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% -0.0183 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.15 263)
XYZ	xyz(10.3678, 8.5941, 37.1814)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254EA6 #A67D25

analogous

#258FA6 #254EA6 #3C25A6

triadic

#254EA6 #A6254E #4EA625

tetradic

#254EA6 #A6258F #A67D25 #25A63C

square

#254EA6 #A6258F #A67D25 #25A63C

split-complementary

#254EA6 #A63C25 #8FA625

monochromatic

#0F1F42 #1A3674 #254EA6 #3668D2 #688DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#254EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#254EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254EA6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254EA6	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.150 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737fc1',
    500: '#254ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254ea6;
$custom-light: #737fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.93,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44764,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.08595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254EA6

secondary

#C3A564

accent

#B241E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #254EA6

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

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