#255D85#255D85

#255D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.088 H 243.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D85
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 133)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, -4.29, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 27.95, 261.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% -0.0396 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.088 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9093, 9.9145, 23.6299)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D85 #854D25

analogous

#25857D #255D85 #252D85

triadic

#255D85 #85255D #5D8525

tetradic

#255D85 #7D2585 #854D25 #2D8525

square

#255D85 #7D2585 #854D25 #2D8525

split-complementary

#255D85 #85252D #857D25

monochromatic

#0A1A25 #183C55 #255D85 #327EB5 #559CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#255D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#255D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D85

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D85	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.088 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa8',
    500: '#255d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d85;
$custom-light: #6c8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46053,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D85

secondary

#B47B52

accent

#8748E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D85

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

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