#255A86#255A86

#255A86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.091 H 246.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A86
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 134)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 32.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, -2.04, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 29.71, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.36% -0.0361 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(45.36% 0.091 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7206, 9.4259, 23.9094)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A86 #865125

analogous

#258681 #255A86 #252A86

triadic

#255A86 #86255A #5A8625

tetradic

#255A86 #812586 #865125 #2A8625

square

#255A86 #812586 #865125 #2A8625

split-complementary

#255A86 #86252A #868125

monochromatic

#0B1A26 #183A56 #255A86 #327AB6 #5598D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#255A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#255A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A86

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A86	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.091 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88a9',
    500: '#255a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a86;
$custom-light: #6c88a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.216,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45362,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A86

secondary

#B47F52

accent

#8D48E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A86

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

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