#255D74#255D74

#255D74 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.069 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D74
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 116)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, -10.46, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 21.20, 240.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% -0.0459 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.069 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8284, 9.4821, 17.9373)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D74 #743C25

analogous

#257463 #255D74 #253674

triadic

#255D74 #74255D #5D7425

tetradic

#255D74 #632574 #743C25 #367425

square

#255D74 #632574 #743C25 #367425

split-complementary

#255D74 #742536 #746325

monochromatic

#071317 #163846 #255D74 #3482A2 #4DA3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#255D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#255D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D74

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D74	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.069 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698b9c',
    500: '#255d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d74;
$custom-light: #698b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45163,
    "c": 0.06902,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D74

secondary

#A7684E

accent

#764DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D74

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

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