#255A9F#255A9F

#255A9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.125 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A9F
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 159)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 43.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 7.56, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 43.15, 280.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.94% -0.0295 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(46.94% 0.125 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6748, 10.2076, 34.2018)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A9F #9F6A25

analogous

#25979F #255A9F #2D259F

triadic

#255A9F #9F255A #5A9F25

tetradic

#255A9F #9F2597 #9F6A25 #259F2D

square

#255A9F #9F2597 #9F6A25 #259F2D

split-complementary

#255A9F #9F2D25 #979F25

monochromatic

#0E223C #193E6D #255A9F #3276CF #6497DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#255A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#255A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A9F

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A9F	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3860A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22559E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.125 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7188bc',
    500: '#255a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a9f;
$custom-light: #7188bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.934,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46935,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A9F

secondary

#C0965F

accent

#9F42E5

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A9F

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

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