#255F65#255F65

#255F65 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.060 H 204.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255F65
RGB	rgb(37, 95, 101)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, -16.69, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 18.99, 208.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% -0.0548 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.06 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2031, 9.5166, 13.7667)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255F65 #652B25

analogous

#25654B #255F65 #253F65

triadic

#255F65 #65255F #5F6525

tetradic

#255F65 #4B2565 #652B25 #3F6525

square

#255F65 #4B2565 #652B25 #3F6525

split-complementary

#255F65 #65253F #654B25

monochromatic

#081516 #153538 #255F65 #358992 #48B1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#255F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#255F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255F65

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255F65	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 95, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.060 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688c90',
    500: '#255f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255f65;
$custom-light: #688c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45017,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255F65

secondary

#98554E

accent

#5E52D6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #255F65

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

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