#255272#255272

#255272 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.073 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255272
RGB	rgb(37, 82, 114)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, -4.45, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 23.32, 259.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% -0.0339 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.073 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8164, 7.6421, 17.0322)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255272 #724525

analogous

#25726C #255272 #252C72

triadic

#255272 #722552 #527225

tetradic

#255272 #6C2572 #724525 #2C7225

square

#255272 #6C2572 #724525 #2C7225

split-complementary

#255272 #72252C #726C25

monochromatic

#071117 #163144 #255272 #3473A0 #4C93C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#255272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#255272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255272

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255272	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 82, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.073 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68829a',
    500: '#255272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255272;
$custom-light: #68829a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.935,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42216,
    "c": 0.07282,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255272

secondary

#A5724E

accent

#884DDA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255272

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

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