#255C62#255C62

#255C62 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.058 H 205.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255C62
RGB	rgb(37, 92, 98)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, -15.97, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 18.28, 209.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% -0.0526 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.058 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7938, 8.9288, 12.9183)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255C62 #622B25

analogous

#25624A #255C62 #253E62

triadic

#255C62 #62255C #5C6225

tetradic

#255C62 #4A2562 #622B25 #3E6225

square

#255C62 #4A2562 #622B25 #3E6225

split-complementary

#255C62 #62253E #624A25

monochromatic

#081516 #143236 #255C62 #36868E #48AFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#255C62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#255C62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255C62

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255C62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255C62	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255c62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 92, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.058 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678a8e',
    500: '#255c62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255c62;
$custom-light: #678a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255c62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44083,
    "c": 0.05805,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255C62

secondary

#95554E

accent

#6053D5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #255C62

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

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