#256E7A#256E7A

#256E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.073 H 210.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E7A
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, -18.10, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 22.43, 216.18°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% -0.0626 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.073 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8502, 12.9492, 20.3889)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E7A #7A3125

analogous

#257A5B #256E7A #25437A

triadic

#256E7A #7A256E #6E7A25

tetradic

#256E7A #5B257A #7A3125 #437A25

square

#256E7A #5B257A #7A3125 #437A25

split-complementary

#256E7A #7A2543 #7A5B25

monochromatic

#09191C #17444B #256E7A #3398A9 #50B9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#256E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#256E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E7A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E7A	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58617A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.073 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a0',
    500: '#256e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e7a;
$custom-light: #6c97a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.471,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49887,
    "c": 0.07262,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E7A

secondary

#AC5C4E

accent

#604BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E7A

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

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