Colour

#254B5F

#254B5F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#254B5F is a blue with RGB values 37, 75, 95 and HSL 201°, 44%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#254B5F

RGBrgb(37, 75, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.2941, 0.3725

RGB percentages14.5%, 29.4%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(200.7, 43.9%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.7, 61.1%, 37.3%)

CMYK61.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,444,127

CSS custom property--colour: #254B5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.33:1

Contrast with white9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#DAB4A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#414A60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#39445Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005052no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.1 Dim grey · ΔE 22.5 Slate grey · ΔE 23.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.7 Steel blue · ΔE 27.9 Gray · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5F3925

Analogous#255F56, #252E5F

Triadic#5F254B, #4B5F25

Split complementary#5F252E, #5F5625

Tetradic#56255F, #5F3925, #2E5F25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#82B4CE

Lighter +30%#5D9EC0

Lighter +20%#4285A8

Lighter +10%#336884

Darker −10%#172E3A

Darker −20%#081116

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#155070

Less saturated −25%#36464F

Channel breakdown

R37

G75

B95

Red37 (14.5%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue200.69°

Saturation (HSL)43.94%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 4B · B 5F

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