#256E6D#256E6D

#256E6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.071 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E6D
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 109)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -22.26, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 23.08, 195.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% -0.0686 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.071 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0980, 12.6483, 16.4269)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E6D #6E2526

analogous

#256E49 #256E6D #254B6E

triadic

#256E6D #6D256E #6E6D25

tetradic

#256E6D #49256E #6E2526 #4B6E25

square

#256E6D #49256E #6E2526 #4B6E25

split-complementary

#256E6D #6E254B #6E4925

monochromatic

#081717 #164040 #256E6D #349C9A #4BC2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#256E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#256E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E6D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E6D	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.071 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9896',
    500: '#256e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e6d;
$custom-light: #6a9896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49365,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E6D

secondary

#A14E4F

accent

#4F51D9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E6D

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

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