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#425dfd

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Cobalt

RGB
66, 93, 253
HSL
231°, 98%, 63%
CMYK
74, 63, 0, 1
Luminance
0.1608

#425dfd is a balanced electric blue, 231° on the wheel and 88/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.98:1). As text it scores 4.98:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Royal Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(231 98% 63%)rgb(66 93 253)Base step 400AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #425dfd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#425dfd
Hue
231°
blue
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
46%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1608
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
88/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
4.98:1
Closest name
Royal Blue
ΔE2000 5.3
Chroma
93.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.561
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 4.2
Web-safe
#3366FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue231° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #425dfd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool88% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red7%
Green49%
Blue44%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#425dfd
HEX (8-digit)#425dfdff
RGBrgb(66, 93, 253)
RGBArgba(66, 93, 253, 1)
HSLhsl(231, 98%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231, 74%, 99%)
HWBhwb(231 26% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 63%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(47.1 43.6 -82.2)
LCHlch(47.1 93.1 298.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.561 0.238 269.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(23.88, 16.08, 94.75)
Decimal4349437
Display P3color(display-p3 0.259 0.365 0.992)
Web-safe#3366FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #425dfd;
background-color: #425dfd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #425dfd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#425dfd] bg-[#425dfd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #425dfd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.259, green: 0.365, blue: 0.992)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.259, green: 0.365, blue: 0.992, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#425DFD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF425DFD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF425DFD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(253, 93, 66)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(66, 93, 253)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(66, 93, 253)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 66, 93, 253)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2588f, 0.3647f, 0.9922f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{66,93,253}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #425dfd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #425dfd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#01137E, #D3D7EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #425dfd h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F3FD;
  --brand-100: #E3E7FC;
  --brand-200: #C1C9FB;
  --brand-300: #90A0FE;
  --brand-400: #425dfd;
  --brand-500: #2141FD;
  --brand-600: #0325F2;
  --brand-700: #021FCA;
  --brand-800: #0219A1;
  --brand-900: #061674;
  --brand-950: #040E49;
  --brand: #425dfd;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C6ED;
  --brand-hover: #1E3FFD;
  --brand-pressed: #0326F5;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141624;
    --brand-ink: #D3D7EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1F3FD',
        100: '#E3E7FC',
        200: '#C1C9FB',
        300: '#90A0FE',
        400: '#425dfd',
        500: '#2141FD',
        600: '#0325F2',
        700: '#021FCA',
        800: '#0219A1',
        900: '#061674',
        950: '#040E49',
        DEFAULT: '#425dfd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1F3FD,
  '100': #E3E7FC,
  '200': #C1C9FB,
  '300': #90A0FE,
  '400': #425dfd,
  '500': #2141FD,
  '600': #0325F2,
  '700': #021FCA,
  '800': #0219A1,
  '900': #061674,
  '950': #040E49,
);
$brand-base: #425dfd;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1F3FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E3E7FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C1C9FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#90A0FE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#425dfd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2141FD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0325F2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#021FCA", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0219A1", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#061674", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#040E49", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

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 #425dfd · 4.98:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.22:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #425dfd as text scores 4.98:1 on white and 4.22:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E6E9FF at 4.14:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#425dfd · 4.98:1
AA on whitealready passes
#425dfd
The quick fox
#1436FD · 7.06:1
AAA on white−9% L
#1436FD
The quick fox
#4C66FD · 4.63:1
AA on black+2% L
#4C66FD
The quick fox
#798CFE · 7.00:1
AAA on black+11% L
#798CFE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #425DFD is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#425dfd on white: 4.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#425dfd on black: 4.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #425dfd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #425dfd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.98:1AaAa
Slate 504.76:1AaAa
Slate 1004.55:1AaAa
Slate 2004.04:1AaAa
Slate 3003.36:1AaAa
Slate 4001.94:1AaAa
Slate 5001.05:1AaAa
Slate 6001.52:1AaAa
Slate 7002.08:1AaAa
Slate 8002.94:1AaAa
Slate 9003.58:1AaAa
Black4.22:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0079FF
deuteranopia · #0067FA
tritanopia · #0087A5

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #425dfd is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1F3FD
#E3E7FC
#C1C9FB
#90A0FE
#425dfd
#2141FD
#0325F2
#021FCA
#0219A1
#061674
#040E49
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F1F3FDDarkest = 950 · #040E49Text step on white = 400
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.059 269.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.095 269.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.143 269.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.185 269.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.219 269.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.238 269.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.238 269.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.223 269.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.200 269.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.166 269.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.131 269.4);
}

Colors that work with #425dfd

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#C0C6ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B569B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC7B00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#01137E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6E9FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141624
Dark-mode background
Hover#1E3FFD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#0326F5
Two steps down
Disabled#CFD1E0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#546DFF
Offset from the fill so it reads
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

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
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GlobexActive

How to use #425dfd

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
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight38/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

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#FDE242
Analogous left#42BBFD
Analogous right#8442FD
Split-complement 1#FD8442
Split-complement 2#BBFD42
Triadic 1#FD425D
Triadic 2#5DFD42
Tetradic#FD42BB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°231°

#425dfd sits at 231°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red25.9%
Green36.5%
Blue99.2%
R · 0–255
66
0x42
G · 0–255
93
0x5d
B · 0–255
253
0xfd

CMYK percentages

Cyan73.9%
Magenta63.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 138%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#425dfd text on a black background

contrast 4.22:1

Card sample

#425dfd text on a white background

contrast 4.98:1

Card sample

#425dfd on grey

4.55:1

#425dfd on its own surface

4.58:1

#425dfd on its dark surface

3.60:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #425dfd;
Background color
Panel with #425dfd background
background-color: #425dfd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #425dfd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(66, 93, 253, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(66, 93, 253, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #425dfd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #425dfd, #A342FD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #425dfd, #D242FD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #425dfd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #425dfd;
caret-color: #425dfd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #425dfd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6E9FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #425dfd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#425dfd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #425dfd over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(66, 93, 253, 0.5)
rgb(66 93 253 / 50%)
#425dfd80
hsl(231 98% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #425dfd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#425dfd1a#ECEFFF
20%#425dfd33#D9DFFF
40%#425dfd66#B3BEFE
60%#425dfd99#8E9EFE
80%#425dfdcc#687DFD

Gradients from #425dfd

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7E91FE, #425dfd 45%, #01137E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #425dfd, #A723FD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #425dfd, #FDE242);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9DABFE 0%, #425dfd 45%, #01137E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #74D8FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A560FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #01137E 0%, transparent 65%), #425dfd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #425dfd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

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.

#425dfd 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.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.22:1 — lift it to #4C66FD for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#425dfd, answered

What color is #425dfd?

#425dfd is a balanced electric blue, closest to Royal Blue (ΔE2000 5.3). It sits at 231° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #425dfd?

rgb(66, 93, 253) — 66 red, 93 green and 253 blue out of 255, or 25.9% / 36.5% / 99.2% by channel.

What is #425dfd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(231, 98%, 63%) and hsv(231, 74%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #425dfd a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1608 and perceived brightness is 46%, so white text on it reaches 4.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #425dfd?

White. It scores 4.98:1 against #425dfd, versus 4.22:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #425dfd accessible on a white background?

#425dfd on white scores 4.98:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #425dfd?

#FDE242 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FD8442 and #BBFD42, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #425dfd?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C0C6ED for borders, #4B569B for secondary text, #CC7B00 as an accent and #01137E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #42BBFD and #8442FD stays calm, while #FDE242 is the loudest partner.

What is #425dfd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(74%, 63%, 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 #425dfd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 88 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6B42FD; nudged cooler, #407BFF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #425dfd?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 4.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #425dfd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #425dfd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#425dfd] or text-[#425dfd], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #425dfd with 50% opacity?

rgba(66, 93, 253, 0.5), or #425dfd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A1AEFE; over black, #212F7F.

Is #425dfd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3366FF, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #425dfd mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #425dfd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #7E91FE, #425dfd 45%, #01137E). For more colour, a short hue run to #A723FD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #425dfd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #425dfd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.