#253259

Color #253259

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#253259

RGB

rgb(37, 50, 89)

HSL

hsl(225, 41.3%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 58.4%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.4%, 43.8%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(21.56, 7.64, -25.2)

LCH

lch(21.56, 26.33, 286.87)

OKLCH

oklch(32.7%, 0.0715, 268.4)

HWB

hwb(225, 14.5%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594c25

Analogous

#254c59

#253259

#322559

Triadic

#253259

#592532

#325925

Split-complementary

#253259

#593225

#4c5925

Tetradic

#253259

#4c2559

#594c25

#325925

Square

#253259

#59254c

#594c25

#255932

Shades

Color #253259 mixed toward black.

#1f2a4a

#19213b

#12192c

#0c111e

#06080f

Tints

Color #253259 mixed toward white.

#384b86

#4b65b3

#778bc7

#a5b2d9

#d2d8ec

Tones

Color #253259 mixed toward gray.

#293455

#2e3650

#32384c

#363b48

#3b3d43

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.68:1

White text reads better on this background (12.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b52 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#2a2950 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#264b4a · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#343434 · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #253259;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253259]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#253259 (#253259) is rgb(37, 50, 89) in RGB.

No, #253259 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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