#255B60#255B60

#255B60 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.057 H 203.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B60
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 96)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 5.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -16.05, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 18.05, 207.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% -0.0523 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.057 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6145, 8.7194, 12.3985)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B60 #602A25

analogous

#256047 #255B60 #253D60

triadic

#255B60 #60255B #5B6025

tetradic

#255B60 #472560 #602A25 #3D6025

square

#255B60 #472560 #602A25 #3D6025

split-complementary

#255B60 #60253D #604725

monochromatic

#091516 #143134 #255B60 #36858C #47AFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#255B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#255B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B60

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B60	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.057 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67898d',
    500: '#255b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b60;
$custom-light: #67898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4373,
    "c": 0.05707,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B60

secondary

#93534D

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B60

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

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