#255f5a

Color #255f5a

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 9.98 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#255f5a

RGB

rgb(37, 95, 90)

HSL

hsl(174.8, 43.9%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.8, 61.1%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(36.58, -20.11, -2.81)

LCH

lch(36.58, 20.31, 187.95)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.0607, 187.48)

HWB

hwb(174.8, 14.5%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f252a

Analogous

#255f3d

#255f5a

#25475f

Triadic

#255f5a

#5a255f

#5f5a25

Split-complementary

#255f5a

#5f2547

#5f3d25

Tetradic

#255f5a

#252a5f

#5f252a

#5f5a25

Square

#255f5a

#3d255f

#5f252a

#475f25

Shades

Color #255f5a mixed toward black.

#1f4f4b

#193f3c

#13302d

#0c201e

#06100f

Tints

Color #255f5a mixed toward white.

#378c85

#4ab8af

#77cac3

#a4dcd7

#d2edeb

Tones

Color #255f5a mixed toward gray.

#2a5a56

#2f5552

#34514e

#384c4a

#3d4746

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.86:1

White text reads better on this background (7.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#45465b · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#423d5c · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#2a5c5c · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #255f5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#255f5a]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#255f5a (#255f5a) is rgb(37, 95, 90) in RGB.

No, #255f5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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