#255D87#255D87

#255D87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.090 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D87
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 135)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, -3.54, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 28.90, 262.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.17% -0.0389 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(46.17% 0.09 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0488, 9.9703, 24.3645)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D87 #874F25

analogous

#258780 #255D87 #252C87

triadic

#255D87 #87255D #5D8725

tetradic

#255D87 #802587 #874F25 #2C8725

square

#255D87 #802587 #874F25 #2C8725

split-complementary

#255D87 #87252C #878025

monochromatic

#0B1B27 #183C57 #255D87 #327EB7 #569CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#255D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#255D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D87

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D87	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.090 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aaa',
    500: '#255d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d87;
$custom-light: #6c8aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46166,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D87

secondary

#B57D53

accent

#8948E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D87

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

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