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#255b42 color: Greenbriar

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152°
100%

OKLCH

42.7%
0.072
161°
  • ≈ Charcoal
  • Emerald
  • Dark
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • emerald-800
  • Black 64%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text7.91:1 · AALc -92
Black text2.65:1 · Below AALc 17

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About #255b42

#255b42 is a soft dark emerald color. In OKLCH it has 42.7% lightness, 0.072 chroma and a hue of 161°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 7.91:1 contrast and black text 2.65:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Greenbriar (#245d3f). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is emerald-800.

More dark emerald colors

Lighter: #255b42 mixed with white

  1. 255b42
  2. 3b6a53
  3. 517a64
  4. 658a76
  5. 7a9a89
  6. 90aa9b
  7. a5baaf
  8. bbcbc2
  9. d2dcd6
  10. e8eeea

Darker: #255b42 mixed with black

  1. 255b42
  2. 1f4e38
  3. 19412f
  4. 133525
  5. 0d291c
  6. 081e14
  7. 04130b
  8. 020905
  9. 000301
  10. 000000

Calmer: #255b42 with less saturation

  1. 255b42
  2. 2b5a43
  3. 305945
  4. 355846
  5. 3a5647
  6. 3e5549
  7. 41544a
  8. 45534b
  9. 48524c
  10. 4c504e