#255F76#255F76

#255F76 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.070 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255F76
RGB	rgb(37, 95, 118)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, -10.94, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 21.52, 239.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45.78% -0.0474 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(45.78% 0.07 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1239, 9.8849, 18.6159)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255F76 #763C25

analogous

#257664 #255F76 #253676

triadic

#255F76 #76255F #5F7625

tetradic

#255F76 #642576 #763C25 #367625

square

#255F76 #642576 #763C25 #367625

split-complementary

#255F76 #762536 #766425

monochromatic

#081419 #163947 #255F76 #3485A5 #4EA5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#255F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#255F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255F76

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255F76	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 95, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.070 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8c9d',
    500: '#255f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255f76;
$custom-light: #6a8c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45781,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255F76

secondary

#A9684E

accent

#754CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #255F76

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

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