#255A80#255A80

#255A80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.084 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A80
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 128)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 29.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, -4.28, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 26.80, 260.80°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% -0.038 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.084 243)
XYZ	xyz(8.3139, 9.2633, 21.7677)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A80 #804B25

analogous

#258079 #255A80 #252C80

triadic

#255A80 #80255A #5A8025

tetradic

#255A80 #792580 #804B25 #2C8025

square

#255A80 #792580 #804B25 #2C8025

split-complementary

#255A80 #80252C #807925

monochromatic

#0A1721 #173951 #255A80 #337BAF #529ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#255A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#255A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A80

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A80	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C527F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.084 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b88a5',
    500: '#255a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a80;
$custom-light: #6b88a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45021,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.09264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A80

secondary

#B17850

accent

#8849DE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A80

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

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