#255756#255756

#255756 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.054 H 193.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255756
RGB	rgb(37, 87, 86)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, -16.95, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 17.55, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% -0.0521 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.054 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8502, 7.8810, 10.0152)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255756 #572526

analogous

#25573D #255756 #253F57

triadic

#255756 #562557 #575625

tetradic

#255756 #3D2557 #572526 #3F5725

square

#255756 #3D2557 #572526 #3F5725

split-complementary

#255756 #57253F #573D25

monochromatic

#091515 #132C2C #255756 #378280 #4AADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#255756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#255756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255756

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255756	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 87, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.054 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658685',
    500: '#255756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255756;
$custom-light: #658685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4224,
    "c": 0.05364,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255756

secondary

#8A4D4F

accent

#585AD0

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255756

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

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