#255D84#255D84

#255D84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.086 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D84
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 132)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 29.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, -4.66, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 27.49, 260.24°)
OKLab	oklab(46% -0.0399 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.086 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8406, 9.8870, 23.2678)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D84 #844C25

analogous

#25847B #255D84 #252D84

triadic

#255D84 #84255D #5D8425

tetradic

#255D84 #7B2584 #844C25 #2D8425

square

#255D84 #7B2584 #844C25 #2D8425

split-complementary

#255D84 #84252D #847B25

monochromatic

#0A1A24 #183B54 #255D84 #327FB4 #549DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#255D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#255D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D84

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D84	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.086 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa8',
    500: '#255d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d84;
$custom-light: #6c8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.632,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45998,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D84

secondary

#B37A51

accent

#8648E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D84

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

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