#255C7E#255C7E

#255C7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.080 H 239.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C7E
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 126)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 27%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, -6.26, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 25.17, 255.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.42% -0.0409 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(45.42% 0.08 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3545, 9.5531, 21.1382)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C7E #7E4725

analogous

#257E74 #255C7E #25307E

triadic

#255C7E #7E255C #5C7E25

tetradic

#255C7E #74257E #7E4725 #307E25

square

#255C7E #74257E #7E4725 #307E25

split-complementary

#255C7E #7E2530 #7E7425

monochromatic

#09171F #17394F #255C7E #337FAD #519DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#255C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#255C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C7E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C7E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40537D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.080 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa3',
    500: '#255c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c7e;
$custom-light: #6b8aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.921,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45418,
    "c": 0.07993,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C7E

secondary

#B0744F

accent

#824ADE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C7E

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

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