#255E53#255E53

#255E53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.063 H 178.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E53
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.03, -21.63, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.03, 21.64, 178.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% -0.0625 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.063 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3263, 9.0226, 9.5901)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E53 #5E2530

analogous

#255E36 #255E53 #254C5E

triadic

#255E53 #53255E #5E5325

tetradic

#255E53 #36255E #5E2530 #4C5E25

square

#255E53 #36255E #5E2530 #4C5E25

split-complementary

#255E53 #5E254C #5E3625

monochromatic

#091613 #14322C #255E53 #368A7A #48B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#255E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#255E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E53

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E53	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.063 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668c83',
    500: '#255e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e53;
$custom-light: #668c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.421,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44065,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E53

secondary

#914D5B

accent

#556DD3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E53

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

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