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#1925fc

a balanced, electric blue · cool · closest name: Blue

RGB
25, 37, 252
HSL
237°, 97%, 54%
CMYK
90, 85, 0, 1
Luminance
0.0856

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #1925fc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#1925fc
Hue
237°
blue
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
54%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
36%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0856
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
85/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
7.74:1
Closest name
Blue
ΔE2000 3.1
Where it sits
Hue237° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness54%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool85% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#1925fc
RGBrgb(25, 37, 252)
HSLhsl(237, 97%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(90%, 85%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(35.1 70.1 -101.5)
LCHlch(35.1 123.3 304.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.471 0.294 266.1)
Decimal1648124
Display P3color(display-p3 0.098 0.145 0.988)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #1925fc;
background-color: #1925fc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#1925fc] bg-[#1925fc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #1925fc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.098, green: 0.145, blue: 0.988)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#1925fc")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF1925FC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(252, 37, 25)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #1925fc · 7.74:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 7.74:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #1925fc as text scores 7.74:1 on white and 2.71:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#1925fc on white: 7.74:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#1925fc on black: 2.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #005EFF
deuteranopia · #0046F9
tritanopia · #006F97

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #1925fc is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1F2FD
#E4E5FC
#C1C4FB
#9096FE
#5962FD
#1925fc
#0310F2
#030DC9
#020BA1
#060C74
#040849
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F1F2FDDarkest = 950 · #040849
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F2FD;
  --brand-100: #E4E5FC;
  --brand-200: #C1C4FB;
  --brand-300: #9096FE;
  --brand-400: #5962FD;
  --brand-500: #1925fc;
  --brand-600: #0310F2;
  --brand-700: #030DC9;
  --brand-800: #020BA1;
  --brand-900: #060C74;
  --brand-950: #040849;
  --brand: #1925fc;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
}

Colors that work with #1925fc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C2ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B4F9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC8E00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#02087E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6E7FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141524
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #1925fc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FCF019
Analogous left#1997FC
Analogous right#7E19FC
Split-complement 1#FC7E19
Split-complement 2#97FC19
Triadic 1#FC1925
Triadic 2#25FC19
Tetradic#FC1997

RGB percentages

Red9.8%
Green14.5%
Blue98.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan90.1%
Magenta85.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Color previews

#1925fc text on a black background

contrast 2.71:1

Card sample

#1925fc text on a white background

contrast 7.74:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #1925fc;
Background color
Panel with #1925fc background
background-color: #1925fc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #1925fc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(25, 37, 252, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(25, 37, 252, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #1925fc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1925fc, #A419FC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #1925fc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#1925fc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#1925fc, answered

What color is #1925fc?

#1925fc is a balanced electric blue, closest to Blue (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 237° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 54% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #1925fc?

rgb(25, 37, 252) — 25 red, 37 green and 252 blue out of 255, or 9.8% / 14.5% / 98.8% by channel.

Is #1925fc a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0856 and perceived brightness is 36%, so white text on it reaches 7.74:1.

Should I use black or white text on #1925fc?

White. It scores 7.74:1 against #1925fc, versus 2.71:1 for black — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #1925fc?

#FCF019 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FC7E19 and #97FC19, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #1925fc?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C0C2ED for borders, #4B4F9B for secondary text, #CC8E00 as an accent and #02087E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #1997FC and #7E19FC stays calm, while #FCF019 is the loudest partner.

What is #1925fc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(90%, 85%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #1925fc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 85 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6019FC; nudged cooler, #174FFE.

Work with #1925fc in the Color Lab