#255E49#255E49

#255E49 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.070 H 166.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E49
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(158, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.75, -24.34, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.75, 25.19, 165.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.0677 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.07 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9677, 8.8792, 7.7014)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E49 #5E253A

analogous

#255E2C #255E49 #25565E

triadic

#255E49 #49255E #5E4925

tetradic

#255E49 #2C255E #5E253A #565E25

square

#255E49 #2C255E #5E253A #565E25

split-complementary

#255E49 #5E2556 #5E2C25

monochromatic

#091611 #143227 #255E49 #368A6B #48B68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#255E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#255E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E49

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E49	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54524A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#095E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.070 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658c7b',
    500: '#255e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e49;
$custom-light: #658c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43748,
    "c": 0.06973,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E49

secondary

#914D66

accent

#5583D3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C09

muted

#7A7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E49

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

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