#255D7C#255D7C

#255D7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.077 H 236.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D7C
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 124)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 25%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, -7.60, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 24.03, 251.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% -0.0428 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.077 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3140, 9.6764, 20.4944)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D7C #7C4425

analogous

#257C70 #255D7C #25327C

triadic

#255D7C #7C255D #5D7C25

tetradic

#255D7C #70257C #7C4425 #327C25

square

#255D7C #70257C #7C4425 #327C25

split-complementary

#255D7C #7C2532 #7C7025

monochromatic

#09161E #173A4D #255D7C #3380AB #509FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#255D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#255D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D7C

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D7C	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.077 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa2',
    500: '#255d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d7c;
$custom-light: #6b8aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.379,
    "s": 54.037,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45567,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D7C

secondary

#AE714F

accent

#7F4ADD

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D7C

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

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