#265E5C#265E5C

#265E5C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.059 H 192.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E5C
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 92)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, -18.75, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 19.26, 193.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% -0.0573 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.059 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7330, 9.1895, 11.5421)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E5C #5E2628

analogous

#265E40 #265E5C #26445E

triadic

#265E5C #5C265E #5E5C26

tetradic

#265E5C #40265E #5E2628 #445E26

square

#265E5C #40265E #5E2628 #445E26

split-complementary

#265E5C #5E2644 #5E4026

monochromatic

#091615 #143231 #265E5C #388A87 #49B5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#265E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#265E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E5C

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E5C	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59595C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F535D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.059 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c8a',
    500: '#265e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e5c;
$custom-light: #678c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44427,
    "c": 0.05855,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E5C

secondary

#914F51

accent

#565AD2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E5C

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

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