#255179#255179

#255179 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.083 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255179
RGB	rgb(37, 81, 121)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 33.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, -1.21, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 27.22, 267.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% -0.0304 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.083 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1553, 7.6579, 19.1865)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255179 #794D25

analogous

#257977 #255179 #252779

triadic

#255179 #792551 #517925

tetradic

#255179 #772579 #794D25 #277925

square

#255179 #772579 #794D25 #277925

split-complementary

#255179 #792527 #797725

monochromatic

#08121B #17324A #255179 #3370A8 #4F8FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#255179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#255179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255179

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255179	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F537B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 81, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.083 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a81a0',
    500: '#255179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255179;
$custom-light: #6a81a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42359,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255179

secondary

#AB7B4E

accent

#904BDD

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255179

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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