#252f56

Color #252f56

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#252f56

RGB

rgb(37, 47, 86)

HSL

hsl(227.8, 39.8%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.8, 57%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57%, 45.3%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(20.43, 8.65, -25.01)

LCH

lch(20.43, 26.46, 289.08)

OKLCH

oklch(31.7%, 0.0709, 271.05)

HWB

hwb(227.8, 14.5%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#564c25

Analogous

#254756

#252f56

#342556

Triadic

#252f56

#56252f

#2f5625

Split-complementary

#252f56

#563425

#475625

Tetradic

#252f56

#4c2556

#564c25

#2f5625

Square

#252f56

#562547

#564c25

#255634

Shades

Color #252f56 mixed toward black.

#1f2748

#191f39

#12172b

#0c101d

#06080e

Tints

Color #252f56 mixed toward white.

#384883

#4c60b0

#7887c5

#a5afd8

#d2d7ec

Tones

Color #252f56 mixed toward gray.

#293152

#2d344e

#31364a

#353946

#393b42

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.62:1

White text reads better on this background (12.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a4f · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#29284d · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#264847 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#313131 · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #252f56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252f56]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#252f56 (#252f56) is rgb(37, 47, 86) in RGB.

No, #252f56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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