#255E5F#255E5F

#255E5F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.059 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E5F
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 95)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, -18.04, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 19.07, 198.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% -0.0565 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.059 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8303, 9.2243, 12.2448)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E5F #5F2625

analogous

#255F43 #255E5F #25415F

triadic

#255E5F #5F255E #5E5F25

tetradic

#255E5F #43255F #5F2625 #415F25

square

#255E5F #43255F #5F2625 #415F25

split-complementary

#255E5F #5F2541 #5F4325

monochromatic

#091616 #143233 #255E5F #368A8B #47B5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#255E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#255E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E5F

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E5F	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E535F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.059 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c8c',
    500: '#255e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e5f;
$custom-light: #678c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 43.939,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44504,
    "c": 0.059,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E5F

secondary

#924F4D

accent

#5654D4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E5F

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

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