#255E76#255E76

#255E76 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.071 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E76
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 118)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, -10.35, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 21.66, 241.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% -0.0462 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.071 229)
XYZ	xyz(8.0344, 9.7059, 18.5860)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E76 #763D25

analogous

#257665 #255E76 #253576

triadic

#255E76 #76255E #5E7625

tetradic

#255E76 #652576 #763D25 #357625

square

#255E76 #652576 #763D25 #357625

split-complementary

#255E76 #762535 #766525

monochromatic

#081419 #163947 #255E76 #3483A5 #4EA3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#255E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#255E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E76

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E76	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.071 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8b9d',
    500: '#255e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e76;
$custom-light: #6a8b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45521,
    "c": 0.07052,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.09707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E76

secondary

#A9694E

accent

#774CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E76

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

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