#255E82#255E82

#255E82 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.083 H 239.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E82
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 130)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, -6.01, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 26.23, 256.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% -0.0417 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.083 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7934, 10.0095, 22.5834)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#255E82 #824925

analogous

#258278 #255E82 #252F82

triadic

#255E82 #82255E #5E8225

tetradic

#255E82 #782582 #824925 #2F8225

square

#255E82 #782582 #824925 #2F8225

split-complementary

#255E82 #82252F #827825

monochromatic

#0A1923 #173C52 #255E82 #3380B2 #539FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#255E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#255E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E82

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E82	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)

#4D5E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.083 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8ba6',
    500: '#255e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e82;
$custom-light: #6c8ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 55.689,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4614,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E82

secondary

#B27650

accent

#8349DF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E82

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

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