#255C75#255C75

#255C75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.070 H 230.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C75
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 117)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, -9.51, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 21.68, 244.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% -0.0443 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.07 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7997, 9.3311, 18.2162)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C75 #753E25

analogous

#257566 #255C75 #253475

triadic

#255C75 #75255C #5C7525

tetradic

#255C75 #662575 #753E25 #347525

square

#255C75 #662575 #753E25 #347525

split-complementary

#255C75 #752534 #756625

monochromatic

#081318 #163747 #255C75 #3481A3 #4EA1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#255C75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#255C75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C75

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C75	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.070 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a9c',
    500: '#255c75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c75;
$custom-light: #698a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44952,
    "c": 0.07032,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C75

secondary

#A86A4E

accent

#794CDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C75

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

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