#256A56#256A56

#256A56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.077 H 170.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A56
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, -26.88, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 27.32, 169.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% -0.0755 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.077 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5959, 11.3725, 10.5971)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A56 #6A2539

analogous

#256A33 #256A56 #255B6A

triadic

#256A56 #56256A #6A5625

tetradic

#256A56 #33256A #6A2539 #5B6A25

square

#256A56 #33256A #6A2539 #5B6A25

split-complementary

#256A56 #6A255B #6A3325

monochromatic

#081712 #153D31 #256A56 #35977B #4AC09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#256A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#256A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A56

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A56	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.077 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689585',
    500: '#256a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a56;
$custom-light: #689585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.609,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47489,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A56

secondary

#9D4E65

accent

#5077D8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A56

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

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