#256F6A#256F6A

#256F6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.072 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256F6A
RGB	rgb(37, 111, 106)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, -23.70, -3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 24.02, 189.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0712 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.072 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0477, 12.8018, 15.6270)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256F6A #6F252A

analogous

#256F45 #256F6A #254F6F

triadic

#256F6A #6A256F #6F6A25

tetradic

#256F6A #45256F #6F252A #4F6F25

square

#256F6A #45256F #6F252A #4F6F25

split-complementary

#256F6A #6F254F #6F4525

monochromatic

#081716 #16413E #256F6A #349D96 #4BC3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#256F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#256F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256F6A

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256F6A	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69696A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E616B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 111, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.072 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9894',
    500: '#256f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256f6a;
$custom-light: #6a9894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.946,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49523,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256F6A

secondary

#A24E54

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F1

border

#C7CCCB

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256F6A

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

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