#255B45#255B45

#255B45 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.069 H 164.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B45
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 69)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 24.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -23.84, 7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 24.96, 162.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% -0.066 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.069 164)
XYZ	xyz(5.5777, 8.3046, 6.9381)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B45 #5B253B

analogous

#255B2A #255B45 #25565B

triadic

#255B45 #45255B #5B4525

tetradic

#255B45 #2A255B #5B253B #565B25

square

#255B45 #2A255B #5B253B #565B25

split-complementary

#255B45 #5B2556 #5B2A25

monochromatic

#091610 #132F24 #255B45 #378766 #48B287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#255B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#255B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B45

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B45	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)

#595544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E5B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.069 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658a78',
    500: '#255b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b45;
$custom-light: #658a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42784,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.08305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B45

secondary

#8E4D68

accent

#5688D2

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#060B09

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B45

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

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