#253f5a

Color #253f5a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class slate-700 #314158 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#253f5a

RGB

rgb(37, 63, 90)

HSL

hsl(210.6, 41.7%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.6, 58.9%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.9%, 30%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(25.82, -0.93, -19.15)

LCH

lch(25.82, 19.17, 267.22)

OKLCH

oklch(36%, 0.0571, 250.55)

HWB

hwb(210.6, 14.5%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a4025

Analogous

#25595a

#253f5a

#26255a

Triadic

#253f5a

#5a253f

#3f5a25

Split-complementary

#253f5a

#5a2625

#595a25

Tetradic

#253f5a

#40255a

#5a4025

#3f5a25

Square

#253f5a

#5a2559

#5a4025

#255a26

Shades

Color #253f5a mixed toward black.

#1f344b

#192a3c

#131f2d

#0c151e

#060a0f

Tints

Color #253f5a mixed toward white.

#385f87

#4a7eb4

#779ec7

#a5bfda

#d2dfec

Tones

Color #253f5a mixed toward gray.

#293f56

#2e3f51

#323f4d

#373f48

#3b3f44

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#323254 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#312e53 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#27504f · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #253f5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253f5a]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#253f5a (#253f5a) is rgb(37, 63, 90) in RGB.

No, #253f5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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