#254EAE#254EAE

#254EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.161 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254EAE
RGB	rgb(37, 78, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, 21.37, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 59.32, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.4% -0.0175 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(45.4% 0.161 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1246, 8.8968, 41.1671)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254EAE #AE8525

analogous

#2593AE #254EAE #4125AE

triadic

#254EAE #AE254E #4EAE25

tetradic

#254EAE #AE2593 #AE8525 #25AE41

square

#254EAE #AE2593 #AE8525 #25AE41

split-complementary

#254EAE #AE4125 #93AE25

monochromatic

#102149 #1A377C #254EAE #3B69D5 #6D90E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#254EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#254EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254EAE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254EAE	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.161 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757fc7',
    500: '#254eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254eae;
$custom-light: #757fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.044,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45403,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254EAE

secondary

#C6AA68

accent

#B640E8

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #254EAE

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

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