#253E89Deep Blue

#253E89 is a deep blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a balanced medium-dark navy blue, and it is also commonly known as Navy Blue, Sapphire. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#253E89
CSS Namedarkslateblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f2f5fc
100#e4eaf8
200#ccd9f6
300#aac0f2
400#82a0e9
500#6587dd
600#5575c8
700#4460ab
800#374f91
900#2e437c
950#19274c

Accessibility

Contrast on white
9.86:1
Contrast on black
2.13:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whitePass
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.009 266.5); /* #f2f5fc */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.02 266.5); /* #e4eaf8 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.042 266.5); /* #ccd9f6 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.076 266.5); /* #aac0f2 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.112 266.5); /* #82a0e9 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.135 266.5); /* #6587dd */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.133 266.5); /* #5575c8 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.125 266.5); /* #4460ab */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.111 266.5); /* #374f91 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.1 266.5); /* #2e437c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.07 266.5); /* #19274c */
}

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