#265E53#265E53

#265E53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.062 H 178.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E53
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.06, -21.39, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.06, 21.41, 177.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% -0.0618 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.062 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3627, 9.0414, 9.5918)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E53 #5E2631

analogous

#265E37 #265E53 #264D5E

triadic

#265E53 #53265E #5E5326

tetradic

#265E53 #37265E #5E2631 #4D5E26

square

#265E53 #37265E #5E2631 #4D5E26

split-complementary

#265E53 #5E264D #5E3726

monochromatic

#091613 #14322D #265E53 #388A79 #49B5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#265E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#265E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E53

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E53	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#015F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.062 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668c83',
    500: '#265e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e53;
$custom-light: #668c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.214,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44104,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E53

secondary

#914F5C

accent

#566ED2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E53

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

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