#251a6f

Color #251a6f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 2.63 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#251a6f

RGB

rgb(37, 26, 111)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 62%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 76.6%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(16.89, 32.16, -47.19)

LCH

lch(16.89, 57.11, 304.27)

OKLCH

oklch(29.8%, 0.1382, 279.75)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 10.2%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646f1a

Analogous

#1a3a6f

#251a6f

#501a6f

Triadic

#251a6f

#6f251a

#1a6f25

Split-complementary

#251a6f

#6f501a

#3a6f1a

Tetradic

#251a6f

#6f1a64

#646f1a

#1a6f25

Square

#251a6f

#6f1a3a

#646f1a

#1a6f50

Shades

Color #251a6f mixed toward black.

#1f165d

#19114a

#130d38

#0c0925

#060413

Tints

Color #251a6f mixed toward white.

#3626a1

#4a36d0

#7768dc

#a49ae7

#d2cdf3

Tones

Color #251a6f mixed toward gray.

#2a2168

#302861

#352f5a

#3a3653

#3f3e4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.46:1

White text reads better on this background (14.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#212162 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#21225f · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#255754 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #251a6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#251a6f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#251a6f (#251a6f) is rgb(37, 26, 111) in RGB.

No, #251a6f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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