#255D49#255D49

#255D49 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.068 H 166.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D49
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 73)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(159, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 21.5%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.41, -23.83, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.41, 24.58, 165.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0664 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.068 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8793, 8.7025, 7.6720)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D49 #5D2539

analogous

#255D2D #255D49 #25555D

triadic

#255D49 #49255D #5D4925

tetradic

#255D49 #2D255D #5D2539 #555D25

square

#255D49 #2D255D #5D2539 #555D25

split-complementary

#255D49 #5D2555 #5D2D25

monochromatic

#091611 #143127 #255D49 #36896B #48B58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#255D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#255D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D49

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D49	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53514A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A5D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.068 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b7b',
    500: '#255d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d49;
$custom-light: #658b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43466,
    "c": 0.06821,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D49

secondary

#904D65

accent

#5582D3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C09

muted

#7A7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D49

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

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