#255A75#255A75

#255A75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.071 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A75
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 117)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, -8.30, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 22.11, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% -0.042 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.071 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6287, 8.9892, 18.1592)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A75 #754025

analogous

#257568 #255A75 #253275

triadic

#255A75 #75255A #5A7525

tetradic

#255A75 #682575 #754025 #327525

square

#255A75 #682575 #754025 #327525

split-complementary

#255A75 #752532 #756825

monochromatic

#081218 #163647 #255A75 #347EA3 #4E9EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#255A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#255A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A75

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A75	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.071 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69889d',
    500: '#255a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a75;
$custom-light: #69889d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.25,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44434,
    "c": 0.07121,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A75

secondary

#A86C4E

accent

#7D4CDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A75

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

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