#255A71#255A71

#255A71 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.067 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A71
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 113)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.79, -9.72, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.79, 20.72, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0436 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.067 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3986, 8.8971, 16.9470)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A71 #713C25

analogous

#257162 #255A71 #253471

triadic

#255A71 #71255A #5A7125

tetradic

#255A71 #622571 #713C25 #347125

square

#255A71 #622571 #713C25 #347125

split-complementary

#255A71 #712534 #716225

monochromatic

#081217 #163543 #255A71 #347F9F #4CA0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#255A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#255A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A71

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A71	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.067 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69889a',
    500: '#255a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a71;
$custom-light: #69889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44233,
    "c": 0.06724,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A71

secondary

#A4684E

accent

#784EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A71

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

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