#255D76#255D76

#255D76 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.071 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D76
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 118)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, -9.75, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 21.83, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.26% -0.0451 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(45.26% 0.071 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9460, 9.5292, 18.5566)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D76 #763E25

analogous

#257667 #255D76 #253476

triadic

#255D76 #76255D #5D7625

tetradic

#255D76 #672576 #763E25 #347625

square

#255D76 #672576 #763E25 #347625

split-complementary

#255D76 #762534 #766725

monochromatic

#081419 #163847 #255D76 #3482A5 #4EA2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#255D76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#255D76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D76

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D76	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.071 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8a9d',
    500: '#255d76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d76;
$custom-light: #6a8a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.519,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45261,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D76

secondary

#A96A4E

accent

#784CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D76

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

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