#255A52#255A52

#255A52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.058 H 182.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255A52
RGB	rgb(37, 90, 82)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, -19.79, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 19.81, 182.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% -0.058 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.058 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9414, 8.3143, 9.2727)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255A52 #5A252D

analogous

#255A37 #255A52 #25485A

triadic

#255A52 #52255A #5A5225

tetradic

#255A52 #37255A #5A252D #485A25

square

#255A52 #37255A #5A252D #485A25

split-complementary

#255A52 #5A2548 #5A3725

monochromatic

#091614 #132F2A #255A52 #37857A #49B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#255A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#255A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255A52

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255A52	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#015C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 90, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.058 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658982',
    500: '#255a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255a52;
$custom-light: #658982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42921,
    "c": 0.05801,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255A52

secondary

#8D4D57

accent

#5669D2

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255A52

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

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