#255C72#255C72

#255C72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.068 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C72
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, -10.57, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 20.73, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% -0.0455 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.068 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6262, 9.2617, 17.3021)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C72 #723B25

analogous

#257262 #255C72 #253672

triadic

#255C72 #72255C #5C7225

tetradic

#255C72 #622572 #723B25 #367225

square

#255C72 #622572 #723B25 #367225

split-complementary

#255C72 #722536 #726225

monochromatic

#071317 #163744 #255C72 #3481A0 #4CA3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#255C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#255C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C72

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C72	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.068 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a9a',
    500: '#255c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c72;
$custom-light: #698a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44805,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C72

secondary

#A5674E

accent

#764DDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C72

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

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