#255C85#255C85

#255C85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.088 H 244.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C85
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 133)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, -3.67, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 28.36, 262.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% -0.0385 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.088 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8221, 9.7401, 23.6008)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C85 #854E25

analogous

#25857E #255C85 #252C85

triadic

#255C85 #85255C #5C8525

tetradic

#255C85 #7E2585 #854E25 #2C8525

square

#255C85 #7E2585 #854E25 #2C8525

split-complementary

#255C85 #85252C #857E25

monochromatic

#0A1A25 #183B55 #255C85 #327DB5 #559BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#255C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#255C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C85

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C85	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.088 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa8',
    500: '#255c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c85;
$custom-light: #6c8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.625,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45803,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C85

secondary

#B47C52

accent

#8948E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C85

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

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