#255B44#255B44

#255B44 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.070 H 163.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B44
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 68)
HSL	hsl(154, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(154, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 25.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -24.09, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 25.37, 161.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% -0.0666 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.07 163)
XYZ	xyz(5.5469, 8.2923, 6.7760)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B44 #5B253C

analogous

#255B29 #255B44 #25575B

triadic

#255B44 #44255B #5B4425

tetradic

#255B44 #29255B #5B253C #575B25

square

#255B44 #29255B #5B253C #575B25

split-complementary

#255B44 #5B2557 #5B2925

monochromatic

#091610 #132F23 #255B44 #378765 #48B285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#255B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#255B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B44

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B44	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F5B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.070 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658a78',
    500: '#255b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b44;
$custom-light: #658a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.444,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42755,
    "c": 0.06962,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.08293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B44

secondary

#8E4D69

accent

#568BD2

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#060B08

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B44

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

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