#255D86#255D86

#255D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.089 H 243.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D86
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 134)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 30.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, -3.92, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 28.42, 262.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.11% -0.0393 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(46.11% 0.089 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9787, 9.9423, 23.9955)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D86 #864E25

analogous

#25867E #255D86 #252C86

triadic

#255D86 #86255D #5D8625

tetradic

#255D86 #7E2586 #864E25 #2C8625

square

#255D86 #7E2586 #864E25 #2C8625

split-complementary

#255D86 #86252C #867E25

monochromatic

#0B1A26 #183C56 #255D86 #327EB6 #559CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#255D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#255D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D86

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D86	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.089 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aa9',
    500: '#255d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d86;
$custom-light: #6c8aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.361,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46109,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D86

secondary

#B47C52

accent

#8848E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D86

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

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