#255159#255159

#255159 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.050 H 210.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255159
RGB	rgb(37, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, -12.57, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 15.65, 216.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% -0.043 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.05 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5078, 6.9989, 10.5099)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255159 #592D25

analogous

#255947 #255159 #253759

triadic

#255159 #592551 #515925

tetradic

#255159 #472559 #592D25 #375925

square

#255159 #472559 #592D25 #375925

split-complementary

#255159 #592537 #594725

monochromatic

#091416 #132A2E #255159 #377884 #49A0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#255159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#255159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255159

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255159	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.050 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658287',
    500: '#255159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255159;
$custom-light: #658287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40723,
    "c": 0.05015,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255159

secondary

#8C574D

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255159

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

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