#256A74#256A74

#256A74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.069 H 208.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A74
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 116)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, -17.89, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 21.50, 213.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% -0.0608 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.069 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0680, 11.9613, 18.3505)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A74 #742F25

analogous

#257457 #256A74 #254274

triadic

#256A74 #74256A #6A7425

tetradic

#256A74 #572574 #742F25 #427425

square

#256A74 #572574 #742F25 #427425

split-complementary

#256A74 #742542 #745725

monochromatic

#071517 #164046 #256A74 #3494A2 #4DB7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#256A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#256A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A74

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A74	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.069 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a959c',
    500: '#256a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a74;
$custom-light: #6a959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48578,
    "c": 0.06923,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A74

secondary

#A7594E

accent

#5F4DDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A74

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

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