#255D7A#255D7A

#255D7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.075 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D7A
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 122)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 23.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, -8.32, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 23.25, 249.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% -0.0435 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.075 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1888, 9.6263, 19.8351)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D7A #7A4225

analogous

#257A6C #255D7A #25327A

triadic

#255D7A #7A255D #5D7A25

tetradic

#255D7A #6C257A #7A4225 #327A25

square

#255D7A #6C257A #7A4225 #327A25

split-complementary

#255D7A #7A2532 #7A6C25

monochromatic

#09151C #17394B #255D7A #3381A9 #50A0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#255D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#255D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D7A

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D7A	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.075 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8aa0',
    500: '#255d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d7a;
$custom-light: #6a8aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.471,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45464,
    "c": 0.07491,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D7A

secondary

#AC6E4E

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D7A

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

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