#255D72#255D72

#255D72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.067 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D72
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, -11.16, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 20.62, 237.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% -0.0467 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.067 226)
XYZ	xyz(7.7134, 9.4361, 17.3312)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D72 #723A25

analogous

#257261 #255D72 #253672

triadic

#255D72 #72255D #5D7225

tetradic

#255D72 #612572 #723A25 #367225

square

#255D72 #612572 #723A25 #367225

split-complementary

#255D72 #722536 #726125

monochromatic

#071317 #163744 #255D72 #3483A0 #4CA4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#255D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#255D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D72

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D72	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.067 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698b9a',
    500: '#255d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d72;
$custom-light: #698b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45066,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.09437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D72

secondary

#A5664E

accent

#744DDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D72

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

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