#255C76#255C76

#255C76 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.071 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C76
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 118)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 22%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, -9.15, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 22.03, 245.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45% -0.044 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.071 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8588, 9.3548, 18.5275)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C76 #763F25

analogous

#257667 #255C76 #253476

triadic

#255C76 #76255C #5C7625

tetradic

#255C76 #672576 #763F25 #347625

square

#255C76 #672576 #763F25 #347625

split-complementary

#255C76 #762534 #766725

monochromatic

#081319 #163847 #255C76 #3480A5 #4EA0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#255C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#255C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C76

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C76	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.071 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8a9d',
    500: '#255c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c76;
$custom-light: #6a8a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.259,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45002,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C76

secondary

#A96B4E

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C76

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

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