Colour

#256A60

#256A60
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#256A60 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 106, 96 and HSL 171°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#256A60#256A60

HEX#256A60

RGBrgb(37, 106, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4157, 0.3765

RGB percentages14.5%, 41.6%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(171.3, 48.3%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 65.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK65.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,452,064

CSS custom property--colour: #256A60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1

Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#DA959F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#656460no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5C61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006C67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 22.2 Dim grey · ΔE 24.4 Slate grey · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6A252F

Analogous#256A3D, #25516A

Triadic#60256A, #6A6025

Split complementary#6A2552, #6A3D25

Tetradic#3E256A, #6A252F, #526A25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#86D5C9

Lighter +30%#60C8B9

Lighter +20%#3FB6A4

Lighter +10%#329082

Darker −10%#18443E

Darker −20%#0B1E1C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#137C6D

Less saturated −25%#375853

Channel breakdown

R37

G106

B96

Red37 (14.5%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue171.3°

Saturation (HSL)48.25%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 25 · G 6A · B 60

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