#255C74#255C74

#255C74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.069 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C74
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 116)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, -9.86, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 21.35, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% -0.0447 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.069 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7412, 9.3077, 17.9082)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C74 #743D25

analogous

#257465 #255C74 #253474

triadic

#255C74 #74255C #5C7425

tetradic

#255C74 #652574 #743D25 #347425

square

#255C74 #652574 #743D25 #347425

split-complementary

#255C74 #742534 #746525

monochromatic

#071217 #163746 #255C74 #3481A2 #4DA1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#255C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#255C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C74

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C74	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.069 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a9c',
    500: '#255c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c74;
$custom-light: #698a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44903,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C74

secondary

#A7694E

accent

#784DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C74

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

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