#265E57#265E57

#265E57 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.060 H 184.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E57
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, -20.24, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 20.30, 184.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% -0.0597 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.06 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5216, 9.1050, 10.4287)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E57 #5E262D

analogous

#265E3B #265E57 #26495E

triadic

#265E57 #57265E #5E5726

tetradic

#265E57 #3B265E #5E262D #495E26

square

#265E57 #3B265E #5E262D #495E26

split-complementary

#265E57 #5E2649 #5E3B26

monochromatic

#091614 #14322F #265E57 #388A7F #49B5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#265E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#265E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E57

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E57	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.060 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c86',
    500: '#265e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e57;
$custom-light: #678c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44244,
    "c": 0.05992,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E57

secondary

#914F57

accent

#5665D2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E57

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

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