#255457#255457

#255457 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.051 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255457
RGB	rgb(37, 84, 87)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, -14.95, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 16.36, 203.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% -0.0478 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.051 201)
XYZ	xyz(5.6529, 7.4216, 10.1496)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255457 #572825

analogous

#255741 #255457 #253B57

triadic

#255457 #572554 #545725

tetradic

#255457 #412557 #572825 #3B5725

square

#255457 #412557 #572825 #3B5725

split-complementary

#255457 #57253B #574125

monochromatic

#091515 #132B2C #255457 #377D82 #4AA7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#255457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#255457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255457

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255457	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 84, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.051 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658486',
    500: '#255457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255457;
$custom-light: #658486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41457,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.07422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255457

secondary

#8A514D

accent

#5F58D0

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255457

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

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