#256B6E#256B6E

#256B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.069 H 199.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B6E
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 110)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, -20.36, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 21.92, 201.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% -0.0647 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.069 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8339, 12.0335, 16.6060)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B6E #6E2825

analogous

#256E4D #256B6E #25476E

triadic

#256B6E #6E256B #6B6E25

tetradic

#256B6E #4D256E #6E2825 #476E25

square

#256B6E #4D256E #6E2825 #476E25

split-complementary

#256B6E #6E2547 #6E4D25

monochromatic

#081617 #163E40 #256B6E #34989C #4BBEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#256B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#256B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B6E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B6E	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.069 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9597',
    500: '#256b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b6e;
$custom-light: #6a9597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.486,
    "c": 0.06852,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B6E

secondary

#A1514E

accent

#544FD9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B6E

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

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