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#255b8a color: Sapphire Lace

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208°
100%

OKLCH

45.8%
0.096
248°
  • ≈ Denim
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Vivid
  • Deep
  • Cool
  • sky-800
  • Black 46%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text7.14:1 · AALc -89
Black text2.94:1 · Below AALc 20

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About #255b8a

#255b8a is a deep dark blue color. In OKLCH it has 45.8% lightness, 0.096 chroma and a hue of 248°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 7.14:1 contrast and black text 2.94:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Sapphire Lace (#235c8e). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is sky-800.

More dark blue colors

Lighter: #255b8a mixed with white

  1. 255b8a
  2. 3c6b96
  3. 517aa2
  4. 668aad
  5. 7b9ab9
  6. 90abc5
  7. a6bbd0
  8. bcccdc
  9. d2dde8
  10. e8eef3

Darker: #255b8a mixed with black

  1. 255b8a
  2. 1f4e77
  3. 194165
  4. 133553
  5. 0d2942
  6. 081e32
  7. 041322
  8. 020914
  9. 000307
  10. 000001

Calmer: #255b8a with less saturation

  1. 255b8a
  2. 2c5b85
  3. 325b80
  4. 385b7b
  5. 3d5b76
  6. 425a71
  7. 475a6c
  8. 4b5967
  9. 4f5962
  10. 54585d