#255E77#255E77

#255E77 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.071 H 230.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E77
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 119)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 21%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, -9.99, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 21.98, 242.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% -0.0458 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.071 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0941, 9.7298, 18.9006)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E77 #773E25

analogous

#257767 #255E77 #253577

triadic

#255E77 #77255E #5E7725

tetradic

#255E77 #672577 #773E25 #357725

square

#255E77 #672577 #773E25 #357725

split-complementary

#255E77 #772535 #776725

monochromatic

#08141A #163948 #255E77 #3483A6 #4EA3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#255E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#255E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E77

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E77	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.071 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8b9e',
    500: '#255e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e77;
$custom-light: #6a8b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 52.564,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4557,
    "c": 0.07146,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E77

secondary

#A96A4E

accent

#784CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E77

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

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