#256A72#256A72

#256A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.069 H 205.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A72
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, -18.54, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 21.47, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% -0.0617 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.069 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9530, 11.9153, 17.7444)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A72 #722D25

analogous

#257254 #256A72 #254472

triadic

#256A72 #72256A #6A7225

tetradic

#256A72 #542572 #722D25 #447225

square

#256A72 #542572 #722D25 #447225

split-complementary

#256A72 #722544 #725425

monochromatic

#071517 #163F44 #256A72 #3495A0 #4CB8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#256A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#256A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A72

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A72	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.069 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a959a',
    500: '#256a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a72;
$custom-light: #6a959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48495,
    "c": 0.06863,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A72

secondary

#A5574E

accent

#5C4DDA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A72

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

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