#255485#255485

#255485 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.096 H 251.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255485
RGB	rgb(37, 84, 133)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 36.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 1.42, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 32.12, 272.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.0301 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.096 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1653, 8.4265, 23.3819)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255485 #855625

analogous

#258485 #255485 #262585

triadic

#255485 #852554 #548525

tetradic

#255485 #852584 #855625 #258526

square

#255485 #852584 #855625 #258526

split-complementary

#255485 #852625 #848525

monochromatic

#0A1825 #183655 #255485 #3272B5 #5591D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#255485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#255485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255485

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255485	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 84, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.096 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c83a9',
    500: '#255485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255485;
$custom-light: #6c83a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.625,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43824,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255485

secondary

#B48452

accent

#9548E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255485

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

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