#252ed9

Color #252ed9

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 14.57 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#252ed9

RGB

rgb(37, 46, 217)

HSL

hsl(237, 70.9%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237, 82.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(32.6, 56.19, -85.72)

LCH

lch(32.6, 102.5, 303.25)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.2484, 268.59)

HWB

hwb(237, 14.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9d025

Analogous

#2588d9

#252ed9

#7625d9

Triadic

#252ed9

#d9252e

#2ed925

Split-complementary

#252ed9

#d97625

#88d925

Tetradic

#252ed9

#d025d9

#d9d025

#2ed925

Square

#252ed9

#d92588

#d9d025

#25d976

Shades

Color #252ed9 mixed toward black.

#1f26b5

#191f91

#12176d

#0c0f48

#060824

Tints

Color #252ed9 mixed toward white.

#4950e0

#6d73e6

#9296ec

#b6b9f3

#dbdcf9

Tones

Color #252ed9 mixed toward gray.

#343bca

#4349bb

#5256ac

#61649d

#70718e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.47:1

White text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2929c1 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#2928ba · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#26aba5 · ΔE 49.5

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 31

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #252ed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252ed9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#252ed9 (#252ed9) is rgb(37, 46, 217) in RGB.

No, #252ed9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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