#256E51#256E51

#256E51 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.086 H 163.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E51
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(156, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 26.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, -30.07, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 31.58, 162.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% -0.0828 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.086 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8233, 12.1384, 9.7136)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E51 #6E2542

analogous

#256E2D #256E51 #25676E

triadic

#256E51 #51256E #6E5125

tetradic

#256E51 #2D256E #6E2542 #676E25

square

#256E51 #2D256E #6E2542 #676E25

split-complementary

#256E51 #6E2567 #6E2D25

monochromatic

#081711 #16402F #256E51 #349C73 #4BC293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#256E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#256E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E51

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E51	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.086 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699882',
    500: '#256e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e51;
$custom-light: #699882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.164,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48456,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E51

secondary

#A14E6F

accent

#4F86D9

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#070E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E51

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

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