#255D75#255D75

#255D75 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.070 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D75
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 117)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, -10.10, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 21.51, 241.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% -0.0455 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.07 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8869, 9.5055, 18.2453)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D75 #753D25

analogous

#257565 #255D75 #253575

triadic

#255D75 #75255D #5D7525

tetradic

#255D75 #652575 #753D25 #357525

square

#255D75 #652575 #753D25 #357525

split-complementary

#255D75 #752535 #756525

monochromatic

#081318 #163847 #255D75 #3482A3 #4EA2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#255D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#255D75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D75

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D75	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.070 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698b9c',
    500: '#255d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d75;
$custom-light: #698b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45212,
    "c": 0.06994,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D75

secondary

#A8694E

accent

#774CDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D75

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

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