#255D53#255D53

#255D53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.061 H 179.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D53
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 83)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, -21.10, 0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 21.10, 179.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% -0.0612 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.061 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2379, 8.8459, 9.5606)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D53 #5D252F

analogous

#255D37 #255D53 #254B5D

triadic

#255D53 #53255D #5D5325

tetradic

#255D53 #37255D #5D252F #4B5D25

square

#255D53 #37255D #5D252F #4B5D25

split-complementary

#255D53 #5D254B #5D3725

monochromatic

#091614 #14312C #255D53 #36897A #48B5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#255D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#255D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D53

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D53	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.061 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668b83',
    500: '#255d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d53;
$custom-light: #668b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43788,
    "c": 0.06123,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D53

secondary

#904D59

accent

#556BD3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D53

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

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