#255D7E#255D7E

#255D7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.079 H 238.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D7E
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 126)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 26.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, -6.87, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 24.85, 253.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% -0.042 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.079 238)
XYZ	xyz(8.4417, 9.7275, 21.1673)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D7E #7E4625

analogous

#257E73 #255D7E #25317E

triadic

#255D7E #7E255D #5D7E25

tetradic

#255D7E #73257E #7E4625 #317E25

square

#255D7E #73257E #7E4625 #317E25

split-complementary

#255D7E #7E2531 #7E7325

monochromatic

#09171F #173A4F #255D7E #3380AD #519FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#255D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#255D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D7E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D7E	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41547D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.079 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa3',
    500: '#255d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d7e;
$custom-light: #6b8aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.247,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45672,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.09728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D7E

secondary

#B0734F

accent

#814ADE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D7E

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

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