#255472#255472

#255472 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.071 H 239.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255472
RGB	rgb(37, 84, 114)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, -5.70, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 22.61, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% -0.0363 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.071 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9694, 7.9482, 17.0832)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255472 #724325

analogous

#25726A #255472 #252D72

triadic

#255472 #722554 #547225

tetradic

#255472 #6A2572 #724325 #2D7225

square

#255472 #6A2572 #724325 #2D7225

split-complementary

#255472 #72252D #726A25

monochromatic

#071117 #163244 #255472 #3476A0 #4C96C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#255472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#255472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255472

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255472	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 84, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.071 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68849a',
    500: '#255472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255472;
$custom-light: #68849a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.377,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42729,
    "c": 0.07138,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255472

secondary

#A5704E

accent

#844DDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255472

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

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