#255C77#255C77

#255C77 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.072 H 233.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C77
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 119)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, -8.79, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 22.38, 246.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% -0.0436 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.072 233)
XYZ	xyz(7.9186, 9.3787, 18.8421)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C77 #774025

analogous

#257769 #255C77 #253377

triadic

#255C77 #77255C #5C7725

tetradic

#255C77 #692577 #774025 #337725

square

#255C77 #692577 #774025 #337725

split-complementary

#255C77 #772533 #776925

monochromatic

#08141A #163848 #255C77 #3480A6 #4EA0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#255C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#255C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C77

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C77	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.072 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8a9e',
    500: '#255c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c77;
$custom-light: #6a8a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.756,
    "s": 52.564,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45053,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.0938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C77

secondary

#A96C4E

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C77

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

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