#255A79#255A79

#255A79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.076 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A79
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 121)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.15, -6.86, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.15, 23.69, 253.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% -0.0405 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.076 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8690, 9.0853, 19.4244)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A79 #794425

analogous

#25796E #255A79 #253079

triadic

#255A79 #79255A #5A7925

tetradic

#255A79 #6E2579 #794425 #307925

square

#255A79 #6E2579 #794425 #307925

split-complementary

#255A79 #792530 #796E25

monochromatic

#08141B #17374A #255A79 #337DA8 #4F9CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#255A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#255A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A79

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A79	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.076 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a88a0',
    500: '#255a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a79;
$custom-light: #6a88a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.143,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44642,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A79

secondary

#AB714E

accent

#814BDD

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A79

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

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