#265E5B#265E5B

#265E5B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.059 H 190.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E5B
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, -19.05, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 19.43, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% -0.0577 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.059 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6895, 9.1722, 11.3134)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E5B #5E2629

analogous

#265E3F #265E5B #26455E

triadic

#265E5B #5B265E #5E5B26

tetradic

#265E5B #3F265E #5E2629 #455E26

square

#265E5B #3F265E #5E2629 #455E26

split-complementary

#265E5B #5E2645 #5E3F26

monochromatic

#091615 #143231 #265E5B #388A85 #49B5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#265E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#265E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E5B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E5B	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59595B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50535C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.059 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c89',
    500: '#265e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e5b;
$custom-light: #678c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.786,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4439,
    "c": 0.05873,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E5B

secondary

#914F52

accent

#565CD2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E5B

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

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