#255D52#255D52

#255D52 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.062 H 178.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D52
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 82)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.66, -21.39, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.66, 21.40, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.0617 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.062 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1996, 8.8306, 9.3588)
Luminance	0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D52 #5D2530

analogous

#255D36 #255D52 #254C5D

triadic

#255D52 #52255D #5D5225

tetradic

#255D52 #36255D #5D2530 #4C5D25

square

#255D52 #36255D #5D2530 #4C5D25

split-complementary

#255D52 #5D254C #5D3625

monochromatic

#091613 #14312B #255D52 #368979 #48B59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#255D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#255D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D52

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D52	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.062 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668b82',
    500: '#255d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d52;
$custom-light: #668b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.214,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43754,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D52

secondary

#904D5B

accent

#556ED3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D52

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

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