#252f4f

Color #252f4f

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#252f4f

RGB

rgb(37, 47, 79)

HSL

hsl(225.7, 36.2%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.7, 53.2%, 31%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.2%, 40.5%, 0%, 69%)

LAB

lab(20.01, 6.09, -21)

LCH

lch(20.01, 21.87, 286.17)

OKLCH

oklch(31.3%, 0.0592, 269.61)

HWB

hwb(225.7, 14.5%, 69%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f4525

Analogous

#25444f

#252f4f

#30254f

Triadic

#252f4f

#4f252f

#2f4f25

Split-complementary

#252f4f

#4f3025

#444f25

Tetradic

#252f4f

#45254f

#4f4525

#2f4f25

Square

#252f4f

#4f2544

#4f4525

#254f30

Shades

Color #252f4f mixed toward black.

#1f2742

#191f35

#121727

#0c101a

#06080d

Tints

Color #252f4f mixed toward white.

#3a4a7c

#4f64a8

#798ac0

#a6b1d5

#d2d8ea

Tones

Color #252f4f mixed toward gray.

#28314b

#2c3348

#2f3444

#333641

#36383d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.6:1

White text reads better on this background (13.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a49 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#292847 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#264342 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#303030 · ΔE 15.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #252f4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252f4f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#252f4f (#252f4f) is rgb(37, 47, 79) in RGB.

No, #252f4f 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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