#255B87#255B87

#255B87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.092 H 246.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B87
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 135)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 32.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, -2.29, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 29.76, 265.59°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% -0.0368 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.092 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8755, 9.6238, 24.3068)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B87 #875125

analogous

#258782 #255B87 #252A87

triadic

#255B87 #87255B #5B8725

tetradic

#255B87 #822587 #875125 #2A8725

square

#255B87 #822587 #875125 #2A8725

split-complementary

#255B87 #87252A #878225

monochromatic

#0B1A27 #183B57 #255B87 #327BB7 #5699D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#255B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#255B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B87

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B87	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.092 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89aa',
    500: '#255b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b87;
$custom-light: #6c89aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45668,
    "c": 0.09175,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B87

secondary

#B57F53

accent

#8C48E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B87

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

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