#256A55#256A55

#256A55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.077 H 169.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A55
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, -27.14, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 27.69, 168.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% -0.076 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.077 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5559, 11.3565, 10.3864)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A55 #6A253A

analogous

#256A32 #256A55 #255C6A

triadic

#256A55 #55256A #6A5525

tetradic

#256A55 #32256A #6A253A #5C6A25

square

#256A55 #32256A #6A253A #5C6A25

split-complementary

#256A55 #6A255C #6A3225

monochromatic

#081712 #153D31 #256A55 #359779 #4AC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#256A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#256A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A55

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A55	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.077 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689584',
    500: '#256a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a55;
$custom-light: #689584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47459,
    "c": 0.07729,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A55

secondary

#9D4E66

accent

#5079D8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A55

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

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