#257E72#257E72

#257E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.084 H 182.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#257E72
RGB	rgb(37, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, -28.83, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 28.85, 182.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% -0.0842 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.084 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2596, 16.5286, 18.5133)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#257E72 #7E2531

analogous

#257E46 #257E72 #255E7E

triadic

#257E72 #72257E #7E7225

tetradic

#257E72 #46257E #7E2531 #5E7E25

square

#257E72 #46257E #7E2531 #5E7E25

split-complementary

#257E72 #7E255E #7E4625

monochromatic

#091F1C #174F47 #257E72 #33AD9D #51CCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#257E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#257E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #257E72

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##257E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##257E72	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #257e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.084 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da49a',
    500: '#257e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #257e72;
$custom-light: #6da49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#257e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53829,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#257E72

secondary

#B04F5C

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #257E72

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

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