#255A87#255A87

#255A87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.093 H 247.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A87
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 135)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -1.66, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 30.21, 266.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.42% -0.0358 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(45.42% 0.093 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7906, 9.4540, 24.2785)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#255A87 #875225

analogous

#258783 #255A87 #252987

triadic

#255A87 #87255A #5A8725

tetradic

#255A87 #832587 #875225 #298725

square

#255A87 #832587 #875225 #298725

split-complementary

#255A87 #872529 #878325

monochromatic

#0B1A27 #183A57 #255A87 #327AB7 #5698D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#255A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#255A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A87

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A87	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.093 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88aa',
    500: '#255a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a87;
$custom-light: #6c88aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.551,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45421,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A87

secondary

#B58053

accent

#8E48E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A87

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

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