#255A72#255A72

#255A72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.068 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A72
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, -9.37, -18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 21.05, 243.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0432 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.068 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4552, 8.9198, 17.2451)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A72 #723D25

analogous

#257263 #255A72 #253472

triadic

#255A72 #72255A #5A7225

tetradic

#255A72 #632572 #723D25 #347225

square

#255A72 #632572 #723D25 #347225

split-complementary

#255A72 #722534 #726325

monochromatic

#071217 #163644 #255A72 #347EA0 #4C9FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#255A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#255A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A72

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A72	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.068 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69889a',
    500: '#255a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a72;
$custom-light: #69889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44283,
    "c": 0.06819,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A72

secondary

#A5694E

accent

#794DDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A72

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

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