#255C84#255C84

#255C84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.087 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C84
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 132)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 30.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, -4.04, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 27.88, 261.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% -0.0389 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.087 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7534, 9.7126, 23.2387)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C84 #844D25

analogous

#25847C #255C84 #252C84

triadic

#255C84 #84255C #5C8425

tetradic

#255C84 #7C2584 #844D25 #2C8425

square

#255C84 #7C2584 #844D25 #2C8425

split-complementary

#255C84 #84252C #847C25

monochromatic

#0A1924 #183B54 #255C84 #327DB4 #549BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#255C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#255C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C84

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C84	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.087 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa8',
    500: '#255c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c84;
$custom-light: #6c8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45747,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C84

secondary

#B37B51

accent

#8848E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C84

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

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