#255D88#255D88

#255D88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.091 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D88
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 136)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 31.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, -3.17, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 29.38, 263.81°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% -0.0386 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.091 245)
XYZ	xyz(9.1195, 9.9986, 24.7371)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D88 #885025

analogous

#258882 #255D88 #252C88

triadic

#255D88 #88255D #5D8825

tetradic

#255D88 #822588 #885025 #2C8825

square

#255D88 #822588 #885025 #2C8825

split-complementary

#255D88 #88252C #888225

monochromatic

#0B1B28 #183C58 #255D88 #327EB8 #569CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#255D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#255D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D88

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D88	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.091 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8aab',
    500: '#255d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d88;
$custom-light: #6d8aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.061,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46222,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.1
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D88

secondary

#B67E53

accent

#8A47E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D88

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

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