#253F5BDark Blue

#253F5B is a dark blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty 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.

#253F5B
CSS Namedarkslategray (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f6f8
100#e5eaf0
200#d0dae6
300#b1c2d6
400#8ba5c2
500#708eb0
600#5f7c9c
700#4d6784
800#3f566f
900#34485f
950#1d2a39

Accessibility

Contrast on white
10.82:1
Contrast on black
1.94:1
  • 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 0.004 251.4); /* #f3f6f8 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.009 251.4); /* #e5eaf0 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.019 251.4); /* #d0dae6 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.034 251.4); /* #b1c2d6 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.051 251.4); /* #8ba5c2 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.061 251.4); /* #708eb0 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.06 251.4); /* #5f7c9c */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.056 251.4); /* #4d6784 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.05 251.4); /* #3f566f */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.045 251.4); /* #34485f */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.032 251.4); /* #1d2a39 */
}

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