#256a74

Color #256a74

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#256a74

RGB

rgb(37, 106, 116)

HSL

hsl(187.6, 51.6%, 30%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.6, 68.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(41.15, -17.89, -11.93)

LCH

lch(41.15, 21.5, 213.7)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0692, 208.56)

HWB

hwb(187.6, 14.5%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#742f25

Analogous

#257457

#256a74

#254274

Triadic

#256a74

#74256a

#6a7425

Split-complementary

#256a74

#742542

#745725

Tetradic

#256a74

#2f2574

#742f25

#6a7425

Square

#256a74

#572574

#742f25

#427425

Shades

Color #256a74 mixed toward black.

#1f5861

#19474d

#13353a

#0c2327

#061213

Tints

Color #256a74 mixed toward white.

#3393a1

#4bb6c5

#78c8d4

#a5dae2

#d2edf1

Tones

Color #256a74 mixed toward gray.

#2c656d

#326067

#395b60

#3f565a

#465153

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4d72 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#484371 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#2c706f · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 17.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #256a74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#256a74]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#256a74 (#256a74) is rgb(37, 106, 116) in RGB.

No, #256a74 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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