#255D96#255D96

#255D96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.109 H 251.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D96
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 150)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(210, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 38%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 2.15, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 36.55, 273.37°)
OKLab	oklab(47.06% -0.0345 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(47.06% 0.109 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1803, 10.4229, 30.3235)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D96 #965E25

analogous

#259696 #255D96 #252596

triadic

#255D96 #96255D #5D9625

tetradic

#255D96 #962596 #965E25 #259625

square

#255D96 #962596 #965E25 #259625

split-complementary

#255D96 #962525 #969625

monochromatic

#0D2034 #193F65 #255D96 #317BC7 #5E9AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#255D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#255D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D96

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D96	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.109 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f8ab5',
    500: '#255d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d96;
$custom-light: #6f8ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.265,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47058,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D96

secondary

#BC8C5B

accent

#9544E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D96

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

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