#256C5E#256C5E

#256C5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.074 H 177.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256C5E
RGB	rgb(37, 108, 94)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 13%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, -25.67, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 25.71, 177.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% -0.0737 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.074 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1449, 11.9257, 12.4602)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256C5E #6C2533

analogous

#256C3A #256C5E #25566C

triadic

#256C5E #5E256C #6C5E25

tetradic

#256C5E #3A256C #6C2533 #566C25

square

#256C5E #3A256C #6C2533 #566C25

split-complementary

#256C5E #6C2556 #6C3A25

monochromatic

#081714 #153E36 #256C5E #359A86 #4AC1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#256C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#256C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256C5E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256C5E	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68655D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 108, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.074 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69968b',
    500: '#256c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256c5e;
$custom-light: #69968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48293,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256C5E

secondary

#9F4E5E

accent

#4F6AD9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #256C5E

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

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