#255E59#255E59

#255E59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.060 H 187.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E59
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.21, -19.88, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.21, 20.06, 187.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0594 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.06 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5680, 9.1193, 10.8633)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E59 #5E252A

analogous

#255E3C #255E59 #25465E

triadic

#255E59 #59255E #5E5925

tetradic

#255E59 #3C255E #5E252A #465E25

square

#255E59 #3C255E #5E252A #465E25

split-complementary

#255E59 #5E2546 #5E3C25

monochromatic

#091615 #14322F #255E59 #368A83 #48B6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#255E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#255E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E59

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E59	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50525A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.060 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668c87',
    500: '#255e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e59;
$custom-light: #668c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.737,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44277,
    "c": 0.05993,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E59

secondary

#914D53

accent

#5560D3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E59

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

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