#255C8C#255C8C

#255C8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.097 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C8C
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 140)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, -1.03, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 31.82, 268.14°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% -0.0363 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.097 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3219, 9.9400, 26.2332)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C8C #8C5525

analogous

#258C89 #255C8C #25298C

triadic

#255C8C #8C255C #5C8C25

tetradic

#255C8C #89258C #8C5525 #298C25

square

#255C8C #89258C #8C5525 #298C25

split-complementary

#255C8C #8C2529 #8C8925

monochromatic

#0B1C2B #183C5C #255C8C #327CBC #589AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#255C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#255C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C8C

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C8C	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38548B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.097 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89ae',
    500: '#255c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c8c;
$custom-light: #6d89ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.961,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46208,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C8C

secondary

#B88355

accent

#8F46E1

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C8C

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

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