#255C88#255C88

#255C88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.092 H 245.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C88
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 136)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 32.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, -2.54, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 29.81, 265.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% -0.0376 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.092 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0323, 9.8242, 24.7080)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C88 #885125

analogous

#258883 #255C88 #252B88

triadic

#255C88 #88255C #5C8825

tetradic

#255C88 #832588 #885125 #2B8825

square

#255C88 #832588 #885125 #2B8825

split-complementary

#255C88 #88252B #888325

monochromatic

#0B1B28 #183B58 #255C88 #327DB8 #569BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#255C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#255C88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C88

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C88	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.092 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89ab',
    500: '#255c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c88;
$custom-light: #6d89ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45974,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C88

secondary

#B67F53

accent

#8B47E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C88

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

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