#255E4D#255E4D

#255E4D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.066 H 170.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E4D
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 77)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 18.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -23.28, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 23.66, 169.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% -0.0656 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.066 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1046, 8.9340, 8.4225)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E4D #5E2536

analogous

#255E30 #255E4D #25525E

triadic

#255E4D #4D255E #5E4D25

tetradic

#255E4D #30255E #5E2536 #525E25

square

#255E4D #30255E #5E2536 #525E25

split-complementary

#255E4D #5E2552 #5E3025

monochromatic

#091612 #143229 #255E4D #368A71 #48B695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#255E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#255E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E4D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E4D	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#055F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.066 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668c7e',
    500: '#255e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e4d;
$custom-light: #668c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43869,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E4D

secondary

#914D62

accent

#557AD3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E4D

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

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