#252c6a

Color #252c6a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#252c6a

RGB

rgb(37, 44, 106)

HSL

hsl(233.9, 48.3%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.9, 65.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.1%, 58.5%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(20.96, 18.35, -37.3)

LCH

lch(20.96, 41.57, 296.2)

OKLCH

oklch(32.6%, 0.1074, 273.95)

HWB

hwb(233.9, 14.5%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a6325

Analogous

#254e6a

#252c6a

#40256a

Triadic

#252c6a

#6a252c

#2c6a25

Split-complementary

#252c6a

#6a4025

#4e6a25

Tetradic

#252c6a

#63256a

#6a6325

#2c6a25

Square

#252c6a

#6a254e

#6a6325

#256a40

Shades

Color #252c6a mixed toward black.

#1f2558

#191d47

#121635

#0c0f23

#060712

Tints

Color #252c6a mixed toward white.

#353f97

#4956c0

#7780d0

#a4aadf

#d2d5ef

Tones

Color #252c6a mixed toward gray.

#2b3164

#30355e

#363a59

#3c3e53

#42434d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.65:1

White text reads better on this background (12.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28285f · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#28275d · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#255654 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #252c6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252c6a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#252c6a (#252c6a) is rgb(37, 44, 106) in RGB.

No, #252c6a 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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