#255A73#255A73

#255A73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.069 H 231.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A73
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 115)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.87, -9.02, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.87, 21.39, 245.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% -0.0428 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.069 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5124, 8.9427, 17.5465)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A73 #733E25

analogous

#257365 #255A73 #253373

triadic

#255A73 #73255A #5A7325

tetradic

#255A73 #652573 #733E25 #337325

square

#255A73 #652573 #733E25 #337325

split-complementary

#255A73 #732533 #736525

monochromatic

#071217 #163645 #255A73 #347EA1 #4D9FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#255A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#255A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A73

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A73	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.069 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69889b',
    500: '#255a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a73;
$custom-light: #69889b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44333,
    "c": 0.06917,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A73

secondary

#A66A4E

accent

#7A4DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A73

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

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