#255B76#255B76

#255B76 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.072 H 233.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B76
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 118)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, -8.55, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 22.25, 247.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% -0.0428 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.072 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7728, 9.1827, 18.4988)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B76 #764025

analogous

#257668 #255B76 #253276

triadic

#255B76 #76255B #5B7625

tetradic

#255B76 #682576 #764025 #327625

square

#255B76 #682576 #764025 #327625

split-complementary

#255B76 #762532 #766825

monochromatic

#081319 #163747 #255B76 #347FA5 #4E9FC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#255B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#255B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B76

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B76	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.072 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69899d',
    500: '#255b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b76;
$custom-light: #69899d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44744,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B76

secondary

#A96C4E

accent

#7C4CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B76

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

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