#255C73#255C73

#255C73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.068 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C73
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 115)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 20%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, -10.21, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 21.04, 240.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% -0.0451 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.068 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6834, 9.2846, 17.6035)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C73 #733C25

analogous

#257363 #255C73 #253573

triadic

#255C73 #73255C #5C7325

tetradic

#255C73 #632573 #733C25 #357325

square

#255C73 #632573 #733C25 #357325

split-complementary

#255C73 #732535 #736325

monochromatic

#071317 #163745 #255C73 #3481A1 #4DA2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#255C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#255C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C73

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C73	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.068 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a9b',
    500: '#255c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c73;
$custom-light: #698a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44853,
    "c": 0.06843,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C73

secondary

#A6684E

accent

#774DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C73

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

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