#253677

Color #253677

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#253677

RGB

rgb(37, 54, 119)

HSL

hsl(227.6, 52.6%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.6, 68.9%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.9%, 54.6%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(24.84, 16.32, -39.37)

LCH

lch(24.84, 42.62, 292.52)

OKLCH

oklch(35.8%, 0.113, 268.99)

HWB

hwb(227.6, 14.5%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#776625

Analogous

#255f77

#253677

#3d2577

Triadic

#253677

#772536

#367725

Split-complementary

#253677

#773d25

#5f7725

Tetradic

#253677

#662577

#776625

#367725

Square

#253677

#77255f

#776625

#25773d

Shades

Color #253677 mixed toward black.

#1f2d63

#19244f

#121b3c

#0c1228

#060914

Tints

Color #253677 mixed toward white.

#334aa4

#4b65c7

#788bd5

#a5b2e3

#d2d8f1

Tones

Color #253677 mixed toward gray.

#2c3a70

#333e69

#3a4263

#40465c

#474a55

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2d2d6c · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#2c2b69 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#26615f · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #253677;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253677]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#253677 (#253677) is rgb(37, 54, 119) in RGB.

No, #253677 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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