#255D54#255D54

#255D54 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.061 H 181.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255D54
RGB	rgb(37, 93, 84)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 9.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.72, -20.81, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.72, 20.82, 180.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.0607 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.061 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2768, 8.8615, 9.7654)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255D54 #5D252E

analogous

#255D38 #255D54 #254A5D

triadic

#255D54 #54255D #5D5425

tetradic

#255D54 #38255D #5D252E #4A5D25

square

#255D54 #38255D #5D252E #4A5D25

split-complementary

#255D54 #5D254A #5D3825

monochromatic

#091614 #14312C #255D54 #36897C #48B5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#255D54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#255D54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255D54

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255D54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255D54	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255d54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 93, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.061 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668b84',
    500: '#255d54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255d54;
$custom-light: #668b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255d54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.357,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43822,
    "c": 0.06073,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255D54

secondary

#904D58

accent

#5569D3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255D54

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

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