#255A74#255A74

#255A74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.070 H 232.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A74
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 116)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, -8.66, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 21.75, 246.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% -0.0424 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.07 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5703, 8.9658, 17.8512)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A74 #743F25

analogous

#257467 #255A74 #253274

triadic

#255A74 #74255A #5A7425

tetradic

#255A74 #672574 #743F25 #327425

square

#255A74 #672574 #743F25 #327425

split-complementary

#255A74 #742532 #746725

monochromatic

#071217 #163646 #255A74 #347EA2 #4D9EC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#255A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#255A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A74

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A74	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.070 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69889c',
    500: '#255a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a74;
$custom-light: #69889c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.747,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44383,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A74

secondary

#A76B4E

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A74

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

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