#255D48#255D48

#255D48 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.069 H 165.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D48
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 72)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(158, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 22.6%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.38, -24.09, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.38, 24.98, 164.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% -0.067 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.069 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8464, 8.6893, 7.4987)
Luminance	0.0869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D48 #5D253A

analogous

#255D2C #255D48 #25565D

triadic

#255D48 #48255D #5D4825

tetradic

#255D48 #2C255D #5D253A #565D25

square

#255D48 #2C255D #5D253A #565D25

split-complementary

#255D48 #5D2556 #5D2C25

monochromatic

#091611 #143126 #255D48 #36896A #48B58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#255D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#255D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D48

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D48	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B5D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.069 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b7b',
    500: '#255d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d48;
$custom-light: #658b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43437,
    "c": 0.06908,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D48

secondary

#904D67

accent

#5584D3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#060C09

muted

#7A7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D48

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

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