#265E55#265E55

#265E55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.061 H 181.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E55
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.12, -20.82, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.12, 20.83, 181.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% -0.0608 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.061 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4410, 9.0727, 10.0043)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E55 #5E262F

analogous

#265E39 #265E55 #264B5E

triadic

#265E55 #55265E #5E5526

tetradic

#265E55 #39265E #5E262F #4B5E26

square

#265E55 #39265E #5E262F #4B5E26

split-complementary

#265E55 #5E264B #5E3926

monochromatic

#091614 #14322E #265E55 #388A7C #49B5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#265E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#265E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E55

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E55	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.061 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c84',
    500: '#265e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e55;
$custom-light: #678c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.357,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44173,
    "c": 0.06079,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E55

secondary

#914F59

accent

#566AD2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E55

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

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