#255157#255157

#255157 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.049 H 207.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255157
RGB	rgb(37, 81, 87)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, -13.22, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 15.54, 211.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% -0.044 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.049 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4250, 6.9658, 10.0736)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255157 #572B25

analogous

#255744 #255157 #253857

triadic

#255157 #572551 #515725

tetradic

#255157 #442557 #572B25 #385725

square

#255157 #442557 #572B25 #385725

split-complementary

#255157 #572538 #574425

monochromatic

#091415 #13292C #255157 #377982 #4AA1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#255157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#255157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255157

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255157	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 81, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.049 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658286',
    500: '#255157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255157;
$custom-light: #658286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40637,
    "c": 0.04941,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255157

secondary

#8A554D

accent

#6658D0

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255157

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

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