#255A70#255A70

#255A70 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.066 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A70
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 112)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.74, -10.08, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.74, 20.41, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% -0.044 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.066 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3426, 8.8747, 16.6521)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A70 #703B25

analogous

#257061 #255A70 #253570

triadic

#255A70 #70255A #5A7025

tetradic

#255A70 #612570 #703B25 #357025

square

#255A70 #612570 #703B25 #357025

split-complementary

#255A70 #702535 #706125

monochromatic

#081217 #163542 #255A70 #347F9E #4CA1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#255A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#255A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A70

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A70	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.066 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698899',
    500: '#255a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a70;
$custom-light: #698899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 50.336,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44184,
    "c": 0.06632,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A70

secondary

#A3674E

accent

#774EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A70

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

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