#256E7C#256E7C

#256E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.073 H 212.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E7C
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 124)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, -17.44, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 22.57, 219.41°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% -0.0617 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.073 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9754, 12.9993, 21.0483)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E7C #7C3325

analogous

#257C5F #256E7C #25437C

triadic

#256E7C #7C256E #6E7C25

tetradic

#256E7C #5F257C #7C3325 #437C25

square

#256E7C #5F257C #7C3325 #437C25

split-complementary

#256E7C #7C2543 #7C5F25

monochromatic

#091A1E #17444D #256E7C #3398AB #50B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#256E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#256E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E7C

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E7C	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57617C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.073 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a2',
    500: '#256e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e7c;
$custom-light: #6c97a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.655,
    "s": 54.037,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49972,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E7C

secondary

#AE5E4F

accent

#624ADD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E7C

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

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