#253ea5

Color #253ea5

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#253ea5

RGB

rgb(37, 62, 165)

HSL

hsl(228.3, 63.4%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.3, 77.6%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.6%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(30.77, 28.6, -58.13)

LCH

lch(30.77, 64.78, 296.2)

OKLCH

oklch(41.4%, 0.1681, 267.65)

HWB

hwb(228.3, 14.5%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a58c25

Analogous

#257ea5

#253ea5

#4c25a5

Triadic

#253ea5

#a5253e

#3ea525

Split-complementary

#253ea5

#a54c25

#7ea525

Tetradic

#253ea5

#8c25a5

#a58c25

#3ea525

Square

#253ea5

#a5257e

#a58c25

#25a54c

Shades

Color #253ea5 mixed toward black.

#1f348a

#19296e

#121f53

#0c1537

#060a1c

Tints

Color #253ea5 mixed toward white.

#2e4ecf

#5771d9

#8194e3

#abb8ec

#d5dbf6

Tones

Color #253ea5 mixed toward gray.

#30449a

#3a4b90

#455185

#50587a

#5a5e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.31:1

White text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#323294 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#302e90 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#278581 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 26.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #253ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253ea5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#253ea5 (#253ea5) is rgb(37, 62, 165) in RGB.

No, #253ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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