Nile Blue Color – #253f4e: Codes and Complete Breakdown

Nile blue is an actual laboratory dye, an oxazine compound first described in 1896 that still stains lipids and cell nuclei in histology labs. The paint color runs far darker than the stain, a deep slate teal closer to river water at dusk.

Nile Blue Color Shades

Complementary colors

1. #253F4E

2. #684531

Triadic colors

1. #253F4E

2. #683154

3. #546831

Tints or lighter colors

1. #355B70

2. #467793

3. #5B91B1

4. #7DA8C2

5. #A0C0D2

Darker colors

1. #14232B

2. #040709

Analogous colors

1. #254E34

2. #254E48

3. #253F4E

4. #252A4E

5. #34254E

Monochromatic colors

1. #09161D

2. #183241

3. #2A4E63

4. #3D6982

5. #54839E