#256b5e

Color #256b5e

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 12.53 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#256b5e

RGB

rgb(37, 107, 94)

HSL

hsl(168.9, 48.6%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.9, 65.4%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)

LAB

lab(40.76, -25.17, 0.86)

LCH

lch(40.76, 25.18, 178.04)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.0726, 178.5)

HWB

hwb(168.9, 14.5%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b2532

Analogous

#256b3b

#256b5e

#25556b

Triadic

#256b5e

#5e256b

#6b5e25

Split-complementary

#256b5e

#6b2555

#6b3b25

Tetradic

#256b5e

#25326b

#6b2532

#6b5e25

Square

#256b5e

#3b256b

#6b2532

#556b25

Shades

Color #256b5e mixed toward black.

#1f594e

#19473f

#12352f

#0c241f

#061210

Tints

Color #256b5e mixed toward white.

#359886

#4ac0aa

#77d0bf

#a4e0d5

#d2efea

Tones

Color #256b5e mixed toward gray.

#2b655a

#315f57

#365953

#3c544f

#424e4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.34:1

White text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4e61 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#494462 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#2c6464 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #256b5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#256b5e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#256b5e (#256b5e) is rgb(37, 107, 94) in RGB.

No, #256b5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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