#255D7D#255D7D

#255D7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.078 H 237.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D7D
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 125)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, -7.23, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 24.43, 252.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% -0.0424 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.078 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3775, 9.7018, 20.8292)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D7D #7D4525

analogous

#257D71 #255D7D #25317D

triadic

#255D7D #7D255D #5D7D25

tetradic

#255D7D #71257D #7D4525 #317D25

square

#255D7D #71257D #7D4525 #317D25

split-complementary

#255D7D #7D2531 #7D7125

monochromatic

#09171F #173A4E #255D7D #3380AC #519FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#255D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#255D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D7D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D7D	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.078 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa2',
    500: '#255d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d7d;
$custom-light: #6b8aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45619,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D7D

secondary

#AF724F

accent

#804ADE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D7D

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

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