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#2425fe

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

RGB
36, 37, 254
HSL
240°, 99%, 57%
CMYK
86, 85, 0, 0
Luminance
0.0885

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2425fe is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2425fe
Hue
240°
blue
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
36%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0885
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
83/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
7.58:1
Closest name
Blue
ΔE2000 3.3
Where it sits
Hue240° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness57%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool83% 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#2425fe
RGBrgb(36, 37, 254)
HSLhsl(240, 99%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(86%, 85%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(35.7 70.9 -101.6)
LCHlch(35.7 123.9 304.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.477 0.294 267.6)
Decimal2369022
Display P3color(display-p3 0.141 0.145 0.996)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2425fe;
background-color: #2425fe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2425fe] bg-[#2425fe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2425fe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.141, green: 0.145, blue: 0.996)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2425fe")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2425FE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(254, 37, 36)

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 #2425fe · 7.58:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 7.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.77:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #2425fe as text scores 7.58:1 on white and 2.77:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2425fe on white: 7.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2425fe on black: 2.77:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #005FFF
deuteranopia · #0048FB
tritanopia · #007098

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #2425fe 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.

#F1F1FE
#E3E3FC
#C0C1FB
#8F90FE
#5758FE
#2425fe
#0102F4
#0102CB
#0102A2
#050675
#030449
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F1F1FEDarkest = 950 · #030449
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F1FE;
  --brand-100: #E3E3FC;
  --brand-200: #C0C1FB;
  --brand-300: #8F90FE;
  --brand-400: #5758FE;
  --brand-500: #2425fe;
  --brand-600: #0102F4;
  --brand-700: #0102CB;
  --brand-800: #0102A2;
  --brand-900: #050675;
  --brand-950: #030449;
  --brand: #2425fe;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
}

Colors that work with #2425fe

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#F4F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC9800
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#01017F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6E6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141424
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 #2425fe

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#FEFD24
Analogous left#2492FE
Analogous right#9024FE
Split-complement 1#FE9024
Split-complement 2#92FE24
Triadic 1#FE2425
Triadic 2#25FE24
Tetradic#FE2492

RGB percentages

Red14.1%
Green14.5%
Blue99.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan85.8%
Magenta85.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Color previews

#2425fe text on a black background

contrast 2.77:1

Card sample

#2425fe text on a white background

contrast 7.58:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2425fe;
Background color
Panel with #2425fe background
background-color: #2425fe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2425fe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(36, 37, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(36, 37, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2425fe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2425fe, #B424FE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2425fe

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.

#2425fe 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.

#2425fe, answered

What color is #2425fe?

#2425fe is a balanced electric blue, closest to Blue (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 240° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2425fe?

rgb(36, 37, 254) — 36 red, 37 green and 254 blue out of 255, or 14.1% / 14.5% / 99.6% by channel.

Is #2425fe a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0885 and perceived brightness is 36%, so white text on it reaches 7.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2425fe?

White. It scores 7.58:1 against #2425fe, versus 2.77:1 for black — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #2425fe?

#FEFD24 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FE9024 and #92FE24, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2425fe?

For interface work: #F4F4FA as the surface, #C0C0ED for borders, #4B4B9B for secondary text, #CC9800 as an accent and #01017F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2492FE and #9024FE stays calm, while #FEFD24 is the loudest partner.

What is #2425fe in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(86%, 85%, 0%, 0%). 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 #2425fe warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 83 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7324FE; nudged cooler, #2354FF.

Work with #2425fe in the Color Lab