#255B72#255B72

#255B72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.068 H 229.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B72
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 114)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, -9.97, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 20.88, 241.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0444 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.068 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5401, 9.0896, 17.2734)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B72 #723C25

analogous

#257263 #255B72 #253572

triadic

#255B72 #72255B #5B7225

tetradic

#255B72 #632572 #723C25 #357225

square

#255B72 #632572 #723C25 #357225

split-complementary

#255B72 #722535 #726325

monochromatic

#071217 #163644 #255B72 #3480A0 #4CA1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#255B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#255B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B72

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B72	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.068 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69899a',
    500: '#255b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b72;
$custom-light: #69899a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44544,
    "c": 0.06783,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B72

secondary

#A5684E

accent

#774DDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B72

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

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