#255C7A#255C7A

#255C7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.075 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C7A
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 122)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 24.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -7.71, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 23.52, 250.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% -0.0424 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.075 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1016, 9.4519, 19.8060)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C7A #7A4325

analogous

#257A6D #255C7A #25317A

triadic

#255C7A #7A255C #5C7A25

tetradic

#255C7A #6D257A #7A4325 #317A25

square

#255C7A #6D257A #7A4325 #317A25

split-complementary

#255C7A #7A2531 #7A6D25

monochromatic

#09151C #17394B #255C7A #337FA9 #509FCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#255C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#255C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C7A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C7A	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.075 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8aa0',
    500: '#255c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c7a;
$custom-light: #6a8aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45207,
    "c": 0.07546,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C7A

secondary

#AC704E

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C7A

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

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