#255C7D#255C7D

#255C7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.079 H 238.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C7D
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 125)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, -6.62, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 24.74, 254.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.36% -0.0413 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(45.36% 0.079 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2903, 9.5274, 20.8001)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C7D #7D4625

analogous

#257D72 #255C7D #25307D

triadic

#255C7D #7D255C #5C7D25

tetradic

#255C7D #72257D #7D4625 #307D25

square

#255C7D #72257D #7D4625 #307D25

split-complementary

#255C7D #7D2530 #7D7225

monochromatic

#09161F #17394E #255C7D #337FAC #519ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#255C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#255C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C7D

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C7D	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.079 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa2',
    500: '#255c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c7d;
$custom-light: #6b8aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45364,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C7D

secondary

#AF734F

accent

#814ADE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C7D

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

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