#256B71#256B71

#256B71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.069 H 203.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B71
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 113)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, -19.41, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 21.73, 206.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% -0.0633 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.069 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0000, 12.1000, 17.4808)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B71 #712B25

analogous

#257151 #256B71 #254571

triadic

#256B71 #71256B #6B7125

tetradic

#256B71 #512571 #712B25 #457125

square

#256B71 #512571 #712B25 #457125

split-complementary

#256B71 #712545 #715125

monochromatic

#081617 #163F43 #256B71 #34979F #4CBBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#256B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#256B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B71

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B71	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.069 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9599',
    500: '#256b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b71;
$custom-light: #6a9599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4872,
    "c": 0.06887,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B71

secondary

#A4554E

accent

#594EDA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B71

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

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