#256B66#256B66

#256B66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.069 H 188.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B66
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 102)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, -22.83, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 23.12, 189.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% -0.0686 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.069 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4178, 11.8671, 14.4147)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B66 #6B252A

analogous

#256B43 #256B66 #254D6B

triadic

#256B66 #66256B #6B6625

tetradic

#256B66 #43256B #6B252A #4D6B25

square

#256B66 #43256B #6B252A #4D6B25

split-complementary

#256B66 #6B254D #6B4325

monochromatic

#081716 #153E3B #256B66 #359891 #4AC0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#256B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#256B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B66

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B66	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5D67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.069 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699591',
    500: '#256b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b66;
$custom-light: #699591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48297,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B66

secondary

#9E4E54

accent

#5059D8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B66

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

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