#255D50#255D50

#255D50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.063 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D50
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 80)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 14%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, -21.95, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 22.04, 174.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0628 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.063 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1246, 8.8006, 8.9638)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D50 #5D2532

analogous

#255D34 #255D50 #254E5D

triadic

#255D50 #50255D #5D5025

tetradic

#255D50 #34255D #5D2532 #4E5D25

square

#255D50 #34255D #5D2532 #4E5D25

split-complementary

#255D50 #5D254E #5D3425

monochromatic

#091613 #14312A #255D50 #368976 #48B59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#255D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#255D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D50

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D50	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#025E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.063 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668b81',
    500: '#255d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d50;
$custom-light: #668b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.071,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43687,
    "c": 0.06297,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D50

secondary

#904D5D

accent

#5572D3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D50

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

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