#256B59#256B59

#256B59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.076 H 172.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B59
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, -26.56, 3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 26.82, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% -0.0751 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.076 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8229, 11.6292, 11.2816)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B59 #6B2537

analogous

#256B36 #256B59 #255A6B

triadic

#256B59 #59256B #6B5925

tetradic

#256B59 #36256B #6B2537 #5A6B25

square

#256B59 #36256B #6B2537 #5A6B25

split-complementary

#256B59 #6B255A #6B3625

monochromatic

#081713 #153E33 #256B59 #35987F #4AC0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#256B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#256B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B59

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B59	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.076 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689687',
    500: '#256b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b59;
$custom-light: #689687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.571,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47858,
    "c": 0.07571,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B59

secondary

#9E4E62

accent

#5073D8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B59

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

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