#255B47#255B47

#255B47 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.067 H 166.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B47
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 71)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 22%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, -23.33, 6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 24.15, 165.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% -0.065 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.067 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6408, 8.3299, 7.2706)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B47 #5B2539

analogous

#255B2C #255B47 #25545B

triadic

#255B47 #47255B #5B4725

tetradic

#255B47 #2C255B #5B2539 #545B25

square

#255B47 #2C255B #5B2539 #545B25

split-complementary

#255B47 #5B2554 #5B2C25

monochromatic

#091611 #132F25 #255B47 #378769 #48B28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#255B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#255B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B47

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B47	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D5B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.067 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658a7a',
    500: '#255b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b47;
$custom-light: #658a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42843,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B47

secondary

#8E4D65

accent

#5684D2

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#060B09

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B47

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

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