#252d89

Color #252d89

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 8.79 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#252d89

RGB

rgb(37, 45, 137)

HSL

hsl(235.2, 57.5%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.2, 73%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(73%, 67.2%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(23.92, 29.37, -52.19)

LCH

lch(23.92, 59.89, 299.37)

OKLCH

oklch(35.6%, 0.1509, 272.16)

HWB

hwb(235.2, 14.5%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#898125

Analogous

#255f89

#252d89

#4f2589

Triadic

#252d89

#89252d

#2d8925

Split-complementary

#252d89

#894f25

#5f8925

Tetradic

#252d89

#812589

#898125

#2d8925

Square

#252d89

#89255f

#898125

#25894f

Shades

Color #252d89 mixed toward black.

#1f2572

#191e5b

#121644

#0c0f2e

#060717

Tints

Color #252d89 mixed toward white.

#313bb5

#4f59cf

#7b82db

#a7ace7

#d3d5f3

Tones

Color #252d89 mixed toward gray.

#2d3481

#363b78

#3e4270

#464968

#4f505f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.82:1

White text reads better on this background (11.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29297a · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#282877 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#256d6a · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#393939 · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #252d89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252d89]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#252d89 (#252d89) is rgb(37, 45, 137) in RGB.

No, #252d89 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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