#255C70#255C70

#255C70 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.066 H 225.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C70
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 112)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, -11.27, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 20.17, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0464 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.066 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5136, 9.2167, 16.7091)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C70 #703925

analogous

#25705F #255C70 #253770

triadic

#255C70 #70255C #5C7025

tetradic

#255C70 #5F2570 #703925 #377025

square

#255C70 #5F2570 #703925 #377025

split-complementary

#255C70 #702537 #705F25

monochromatic

#081317 #163642 #255C70 #34829E #4CA4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#255C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#255C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C70

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C70	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.066 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a99',
    500: '#255c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c70;
$custom-light: #698a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 50.336,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44708,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C70

secondary

#A3654E

accent

#734EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C70

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

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