#255A96#255A96

#255A96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.113 H 253.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A96
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 150)
HSL	hsl(212, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(212, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 40%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 4.07, -37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 38.16, 276.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% -0.0316 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.113 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9221, 9.9065, 30.2375)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#255A96 #966125

analogous

#259396 #255A96 #282596

triadic

#255A96 #96255A #5A9625

tetradic

#255A96 #962593 #966125 #259628

square

#255A96 #962593 #966125 #259628

split-complementary

#255A96 #962825 #939625

monochromatic

#0D1F34 #193D65 #255A96 #3177C7 #5E97D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#255A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#255A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A96

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A96	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.113 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f88b5',
    500: '#255a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a96;
$custom-light: #6f88b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.858,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46342,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A96

secondary

#BC8E5B

accent

#9944E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A96

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

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