#255A89#255A89

#255A89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.095 H 248.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A89
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 137)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 34.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, -0.90, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 31.23, 268.34°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% -0.0352 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.095 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9328, 9.5108, 25.0271)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A89 #895425

analogous

#258986 #255A89 #252889

triadic

#255A89 #89255A #5A8925

tetradic

#255A89 #862589 #895425 #288925

square

#255A89 #862589 #895425 #288925

split-complementary

#255A89 #892528 #898625

monochromatic

#0B1B29 #183A59 #255A89 #327AB9 #5798D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#255A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#255A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A89

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A89	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.095 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88ab',
    500: '#255a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a89;
$custom-light: #6d88ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.2,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45538,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A89

secondary

#B68254

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A89

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

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