#255E62#255E62

#255E62 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.059 H 201.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E62
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 98)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, -17.09, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 18.82, 204.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% -0.055 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.059 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9693, 9.2799, 12.9768)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E62 #622925

analogous

#256248 #255E62 #254062

triadic

#255E62 #62255E #5E6225

tetradic

#255E62 #482562 #622925 #406225

square

#255E62 #482562 #622925 #406225

split-complementary

#255E62 #622540 #624825

monochromatic

#081516 #143336 #255E62 #36898E #48B2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#255E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#255E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E62

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E62	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.059 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c8e',
    500: '#255e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e62;
$custom-light: #678c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44624,
    "c": 0.05919,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E62

secondary

#95524E

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E62

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

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