#251b6f

Color #251b6f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 3.01 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#251b6f

RGB

rgb(37, 27, 111)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 60.9%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 75.7%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(17.11, 31.56, -46.84)

LCH

lch(17.11, 56.48, 303.97)

OKLCH

oklch(29.9%, 0.137, 279.5)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 10.6%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#656f1b

Analogous

#1b3b6f

#251b6f

#4f1b6f

Triadic

#251b6f

#6f251b

#1b6f25

Split-complementary

#251b6f

#6f4f1b

#3b6f1b

Tetradic

#251b6f

#6f1b65

#656f1b

#1b6f25

Square

#251b6f

#6f1b3b

#656f1b

#1b6f4f

Shades

Color #251b6f mixed toward black.

#1f175d

#19124a

#120e38

#0c0925

#060513

Tints

Color #251b6f mixed toward white.

#3627a1

#4938cf

#7769db

#a49be7

#d2cdf3

Tones

Color #251b6f mixed toward gray.

#2a2268

#302961

#35305a

#3a3753

#403e4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.46:1

White text reads better on this background (14.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#212162 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#22225f · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#255754 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #251b6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#251b6f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#251b6f (#251b6f) is rgb(37, 27, 111) in RGB.

No, #251b6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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