#252f57

Color #252f57

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#252f57

RGB

rgb(37, 47, 87)

HSL

hsl(228, 40.3%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 57.5%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.5%, 46%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(20.5, 9.02, -25.57)

LCH

lch(20.5, 27.11, 289.43)

OKLCH

oklch(31.8%, 0.0726, 271.18)

HWB

hwb(228, 14.5%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#574d25

Analogous

#254857

#252f57

#342557

Triadic

#252f57

#57252f

#2f5725

Split-complementary

#252f57

#573425

#485725

Tetradic

#252f57

#4d2557

#574d25

#2f5725

Square

#252f57

#572548

#574d25

#255734

Shades

Color #252f57 mixed toward black.

#1f2748

#191f3a

#12172b

#0c101d

#06080e

Tints

Color #252f57 mixed toward white.

#384784

#4b60b1

#7887c5

#a5afd9

#d2d7ec

Tones

Color #252f57 mixed toward gray.

#293153

#2d344f

#31364a

#363946

#3a3b42

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.62:1

White text reads better on this background (12.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a4f · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#29284e · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#264947 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#313131 · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #252f57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252f57]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#252f57 (#252f57) is rgb(37, 47, 87) in RGB.

No, #252f57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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