#253c61

Color #253c61

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.34 Nearest Tailwind class slate-700 #314158 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#253c61

RGB

rgb(37, 60, 97)

HSL

hsl(217, 44.8%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 61.9%, 38%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.9%, 38.1%, 0%, 62%)

LAB

lab(25.22, 3.68, -24.64)

LCH

lch(25.22, 24.91, 278.49)

OKLCH

oklch(35.6%, 0.0709, 259.51)

HWB

hwb(217, 14.5%, 62%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#614a25

Analogous

#255a61

#253c61

#2c2561

Triadic

#253c61

#61253c

#3c6125

Split-complementary

#253c61

#612c25

#5a6125

Tetradic

#253c61

#4a2561

#614a25

#3c6125

Square

#253c61

#61255a

#614a25

#25612c

Shades

Color #253c61 mixed toward black.

#1f3251

#192841

#131e31

#0c1420

#060a10

Tints

Color #253c61 mixed toward white.

#36588e

#4a75ba

#7797cb

#a4badc

#d2dcee

Tones

Color #253c61 mixed toward gray.

#2a3d5c

#2f3e57

#344052

#39414d

#3e4248

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.9:1

White text reads better on this background (11.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#30315a · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#2f2d58 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#275352 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #253c61;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253c61]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#253c61 (#253c61) is rgb(37, 60, 97) in RGB.

No, #253c61 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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