#255E73#255E73

#255E73 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.068 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E73
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 115)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, -11.40, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 20.79, 236.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0475 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.068 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8589, 9.6357, 17.6620)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E73 #733A25

analogous

#257361 #255E73 #253773

triadic

#255E73 #73255E #5E7325

tetradic

#255E73 #612573 #733A25 #377325

square

#255E73 #612573 #733A25 #377325

split-complementary

#255E73 #732537 #736125

monochromatic

#071317 #163845 #255E73 #3484A1 #4DA5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#255E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#255E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E73

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E73	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.068 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698b9b',
    500: '#255e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e73;
$custom-light: #698b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45376,
    "c": 0.06789,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E73

secondary

#A6664E

accent

#734DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E73

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

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