#255198#255198

#255198 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.126 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255198
RGB	rgb(37, 81, 152)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 46.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, 10.76, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 44.60, 283.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% -0.0228 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.126 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3708, 8.5441, 30.8550)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255198 #986C25

analogous

#258B98 #255198 #322598

triadic

#255198 #982551 #519825

tetradic

#255198 #98258B #986C25 #259832

square

#255198 #98258B #986C25 #259832

split-complementary

#255198 #983225 #8B9825

monochromatic

#0D1D36 #193767 #255198 #316BC9 #5F8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#255198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#255198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255198

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255198	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C589B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 81, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.126 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7081b7',
    500: '#255198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255198;
$custom-light: #7081b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.043,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44379,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255198

secondary

#BD985C

accent

#A744E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #255198

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

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