#255240#255240

#255240 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.059 H 165.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255240
RGB	rgb(37, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(156, 38%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(156, 55%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 22%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, -20.47, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 21.30, 163.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% -0.057 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.059 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7052, 6.7977, 5.9136)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255240 #522537

analogous

#255229 #255240 #254D52

triadic

#255240 #402552 #524025

tetradic

#255240 #292552 #522537 #4D5225

square

#255240 #292552 #522537 #4D5225

split-complementary

#255240 #52254D #522925

monochromatic

#0A1510 #12281F #255240 #387C61 #4BA682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#255240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#255240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255240

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255240	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15524D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.059 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638374',
    500: '#255240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255240;
$custom-light: #638374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40082,
    "c": 0.05898,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255240

secondary

#854D64

accent

#5A88CE

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBEFED

border

#C6CAC8

text

#050A08

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255240

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

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