#265E56#265E56

#265E56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.060 H 182.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E56
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.15, -20.53, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.15, 20.56, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.21% -0.0603 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(44.21% 0.06 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4810, 9.0887, 10.2151)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E56 #5E262E

analogous

#265E3A #265E56 #264A5E

triadic

#265E56 #56265E #5E5626

tetradic

#265E56 #3A265E #5E262E #4A5E26

square

#265E56 #3A265E #5E262E #4A5E26

split-complementary

#265E56 #5E264A #5E3A26

monochromatic

#091614 #14322E #265E56 #388A7E #49B5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#265E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#265E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E56

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E56	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.060 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c85',
    500: '#265e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e56;
$custom-light: #678c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44208,
    "c": 0.06033,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E56

secondary

#914F58

accent

#5667D2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E56

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →