#265A42#265A42

#265A42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.069 H 161.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265A42
RGB	rgb(38, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(152, 41%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(152, 58%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, -23.82, 8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 25.36, 159.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% -0.0656 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.069 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4384, 8.1173, 6.4334)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265A42 #5A263E

analogous

#265A28 #265A42 #26585A

triadic

#265A42 #42265A #5A4226

tetradic

#265A42 #28265A #5A263E #585A26

square

#265A42 #28265A #5A263E #585A26

split-complementary

#265A42 #5A2658 #5A2826

monochromatic

#091610 #142F22 #265A42 #388562 #4AB081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#265A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#265A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265A42

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265A42	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#135A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.069 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658976',
    500: '#265a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265a42;
$custom-light: #658976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 40.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42458,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265A42

secondary

#8D4F6B

accent

#578FD0

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#060B08

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #265A42

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

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