#256A5D#256A5D

#256A5D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.072 H 178.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A5D
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 93)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, -24.95, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 24.97, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% -0.0719 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.072 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8918, 11.4909, 12.1559)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A5D #6A2532

analogous

#256A3A #256A5D #25546A

triadic

#256A5D #5D256A #6A5D25

tetradic

#256A5D #3A256A #6A2532 #546A25

square

#256A5D #3A256A #6A2532 #546A25

split-complementary

#256A5D #6A2554 #6A3A25

monochromatic

#081714 #153D35 #256A5D #359785 #4AC0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#256A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#256A5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A5D

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A5D	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.072 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68958a',
    500: '#256a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a5d;
$custom-light: #68958a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47712,
    "c": 0.07194,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A5D

secondary

#9D4E5D

accent

#506AD8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A5D

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

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