#255C4E#255C4E

#255C4E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.063 H 174.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C4E
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 78)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 15.2%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.20, -21.98, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.20, 22.14, 173.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.0626 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.063 174)
XYZ	xyz(5.9646, 8.5971, 8.5513)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C4E #5C2533

analogous

#255C32 #255C4E #254E5C

triadic

#255C4E #4E255C #5C4E25

tetradic

#255C4E #32255C #5C2533 #4E5C25

square

#255C4E #32255C #5C2533 #4E5C25

split-complementary

#255C4E #5C254E #5C3225

monochromatic

#091613 #133029 #255C4E #378873 #48B398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#255C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#255C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C4E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C4E	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59564D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51504F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#055D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.063 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658a7f',
    500: '#255c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c4e;
$custom-light: #658a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 42.636,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43342,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.08598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C4E

secondary

#8F4D5E

accent

#5575D2

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C4E

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

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