#255B50#255B50

#255B50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.060 H 177.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B50
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, -20.90, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 20.92, 177.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% -0.0603 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.06 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9514, 8.4541, 8.9060)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B50 #5B2530

analogous

#255B35 #255B50 #254B5B

triadic

#255B50 #50255B #5B5025

tetradic

#255B50 #35255B #5B2530 #4B5B25

square

#255B50 #35255B #5B2530 #4B5B25

split-complementary

#255B50 #5B254B #5B3525

monochromatic

#091613 #132F2A #255B50 #378776 #48B29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#255B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#255B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B50

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B50	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#035C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.060 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658981',
    500: '#255b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b50;
$custom-light: #658981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43129,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B50

secondary

#8E4D5B

accent

#566FD2

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B50

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →