#255A83#255A83

#255A83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.088 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A83
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 131)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 31.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, -3.16, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 28.23, 263.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.19% -0.037 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(45.19% 0.088 245)
XYZ	xyz(8.5143, 9.3434, 22.8231)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A83 #834E25

analogous

#25837D #255A83 #252B83

triadic

#255A83 #83255A #5A8325

tetradic

#255A83 #7D2583 #834E25 #2B8325

square

#255A83 #7D2583 #834E25 #2B8325

split-complementary

#255A83 #83252B #837D25

monochromatic

#0A1824 #183953 #255A83 #327BB3 #5499CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#255A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#255A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A83

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A83	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.088 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88a7',
    500: '#255a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a83;
$custom-light: #6c88a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.17,
    "s": 55.952,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4519,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.09344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A83

secondary

#B37C51

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A83

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

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