#255EAC#255EAC

#255EAC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.138 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#255EAC
RGBrgb(37, 94, 172)
HSLhsl(215, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(215, 78%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(78.5%, 45.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(40.21, 10.01, -47.01)
CIE-LCHlch(40.21, 48.07, 282.02°)
OKLaboklab(48.74% -0.0304 -0.1348)
OKLCHoklch(48.74% 0.138 257.3)
XYZxyz(12.2093, 11.3758, 40.5740)
Luminance0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#255EAC #AC7325
analogous
#25A1AC #255EAC #3025AC
triadic
#255EAC #AC255E #5EAC25
tetradic
#255EAC #AC25A1 #AC7325 #25AC30
square
#255EAC #AC25A1 #AC7325 #25AC30
split-complementary
#255EAC #AC3025 #A1AC25
monochromatic
#0F2747 #1A427A #255EAC #3A7BD5 #6C9DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41
#255EAC on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28
#255EAC on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255EAC
6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##255EAC#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##255EAC1.006.413.286.41
#FFFFFF6.411.0021.001.00
#0000003.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.411.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3565AF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1859AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00717C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #255eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.138 257.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#748bc5',
    500: '#255eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #255eac;
$custom-light: #748bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#255eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.667,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48741,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#255EAC
secondary
#C69E67
accent
#A140E8
background
#F7F8FC
surface
#EEF0F8
border
#C9CBD1
text
#090B13
muted
#7B7C82

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#255EAC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva