#255099#255099

#255099 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.129 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255099
RGB	rgb(37, 80, 153)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 47.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 11.82, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 45.80, 284.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% -0.0217 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.129 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3793, 8.4295, 31.2636)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255099 #996E25

analogous

#258A99 #255099 #342599

triadic

#255099 #992550 #509925

tetradic

#255099 #99258A #996E25 #259934

square

#255099 #99258A #996E25 #259934

split-complementary

#255099 #993425 #8A9925

monochromatic

#0D1C36 #193668 #255099 #316ACA #608DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#255099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#255099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255099

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255099	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29589C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 80, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.129 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7080b7',
    500: '#255099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255099;
$custom-light: #7080b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.759,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44224,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255099

secondary

#BE9A5C

accent

#A944E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #255099

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

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