#255B35#255B35

#255B35 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.085 H 150.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B35
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(138, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(138, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 41.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.26, -27.47, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.26, 32.12, 148.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0744 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.085 150.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1463, 8.1321, 4.6659)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B35 #5B254B

analogous

#305B25 #255B35 #255B50

triadic

#255B35 #35255B #5B3525

tetradic

#255B35 #25305B #5B254B #5B5025

square

#255B35 #25305B #5B254B #5B5025

split-complementary

#255B35 #50255B #5B2530

monochromatic

#09160D #132F1C #255B35 #37874E #48B268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#255B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#255B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B35

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B35	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#175A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.085 150.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658a6c',
    500: '#255b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b35;
$custom-light: #658a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.778,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42379,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 150.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B35

secondary

#8E4D7B

accent

#56ADD2

background

#F6F8F6

surface

#EBF0EB

border

#C6CBC6

text

#060C07

muted

#7A7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B35

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

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