#253bd5

Color #253bd5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 23.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#253bd5

RGB

rgb(37, 59, 213)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 70.4%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 82.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(34.65, 47.83, -80.03)

LCH

lch(34.65, 93.23, 300.86)

OKLCH

oklch(45.6%, 0.2322, 267.83)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 14.5%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5bf25

Analogous

#2593d5

#253bd5

#6725d5

Triadic

#253bd5

#d5253b

#3bd525

Split-complementary

#253bd5

#d56725

#93d525

Tetradic

#253bd5

#bf25d5

#d5bf25

#3bd525

Square

#253bd5

#d52593

#d5bf25

#25d567

Shades

Color #253bd5 mixed toward black.

#1f31b1

#19278e

#121d6a

#0c1447

#060a23

Tints

Color #253bd5 mixed toward white.

#4659df

#6b7be5

#909cec

#b5bdf2

#dadef9

Tones

Color #253bd5 mixed toward gray.

#3446c6

#4251b8

#515ca9

#60679a

#6e728c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3030be · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#2f2db8 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#26a9a4 · ΔE 47

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 30.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #253bd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253bd5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#253bd5 (#253bd5) is rgb(37, 59, 213) in RGB.

No, #253bd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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