#255D82#255D82

#255D82 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.084 H 241.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D82
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 130)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, -5.40, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 26.58, 258.28°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% -0.0406 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.084 241)
XYZ	xyz(8.7050, 9.8328, 22.5539)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D82 #824A25

analogous

#258278 #255D82 #252E82

triadic

#255D82 #82255D #5D8225

tetradic

#255D82 #782582 #824A25 #2E8225

square

#255D82 #782582 #824A25 #2E8225

split-complementary

#255D82 #82252E #827825

monochromatic

#0A1923 #173B52 #255D82 #337FB2 #539DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#255D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#255D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D82

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D82	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.084 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa6',
    500: '#255d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d82;
$custom-light: #6c8aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.871,
    "s": 55.689,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45887,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.09834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D82

secondary

#B27750

accent

#8549DF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D82

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

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