#256E69#256E69

#256E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.071 H 188.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E69
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, -23.48, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 23.80, 189.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.22% -0.0706 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(49.22% 0.071 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8875, 12.5641, 15.3186)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E69 #6E252A

analogous

#256E45 #256E69 #254F6E

triadic

#256E69 #69256E #6E6925

tetradic

#256E69 #45256E #6E252A #4F6E25

square

#256E69 #45256E #6E252A #4F6E25

split-complementary

#256E69 #6E254F #6E4525

monochromatic

#081716 #16403D #256E69 #349C95 #4BC2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#256E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#256E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E69

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E69	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D606A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.071 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9893',
    500: '#256e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e69;
$custom-light: #6a9893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.89,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49217,
    "c": 0.07141,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E69

secondary

#A14E54

accent

#4F58D9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F1

border

#C7CCCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E69

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

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