#256F7A#256F7A

#256F7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.073 H 209.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256F7A
RGB	rgb(37, 111, 122)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -18.65, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 22.59, 214.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% -0.0637 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.073 209)
XYZ	xyz(9.9587, 13.1662, 20.4251)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256F7A #7A3025

analogous

#257A5A #256F7A #25447A

triadic

#256F7A #7A256F #6F7A25

tetradic

#256F7A #5A257A #7A3025 #447A25

square

#256F7A #5A257A #7A3025 #447A25

split-complementary

#256F7A #7A2544 #7A5A25

monochromatic

#091A1C #17444B #256F7A #339AA9 #50BACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#256F7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#256F7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256F7A

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256F7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256F7A	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59627A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256f7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 111, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.073 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c98a0',
    500: '#256f7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256f7a;
$custom-light: #6c98a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256f7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.765,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50149,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256F7A

secondary

#AC5B4E

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256F7A

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

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