#255261#255261

#255261 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.055 H 222.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255261
RGB	rgb(37, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, -10.49, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 17.01, 231.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% -0.0407 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.055 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9371, 7.2904, 12.4013)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255261 #613425

analogous

#256152 #255261 #253461

triadic

#255261 #612552 #526125

tetradic

#255261 #522561 #613425 #346125

square

#255261 #522561 #613425 #346125

split-complementary

#255261 #612534 #615225

monochromatic

#081316 #142D35 #255261 #36778D #479DB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#255261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#255261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255261

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255261	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414A61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.055 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66828e',
    500: '#255261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255261;
$custom-light: #66828e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41353,
    "c": 0.05516,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255261

secondary

#945F4E

accent

#7453D4

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #255261

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

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