#256f81

Color #256f81

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 15.71 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#256f81

RGB

rgb(37, 111, 129)

HSL

hsl(191.7, 55.4%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.7, 71.3%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.3%, 14%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(43.28, -16.31, -16.54)

LCH

lch(43.28, 23.23, 225.4)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.0762, 217.22)

HWB

hwb(191.7, 14.5%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#813725

Analogous

#258165

#256f81

#254181

Triadic

#256f81

#81256f

#6f8125

Split-complementary

#256f81

#812541

#816525

Tetradic

#256f81

#372581

#813725

#6f8125

Square

#256f81

#652581

#813725

#418125

Shades

Color #256f81 mixed toward black.

#1f5c6b

#194a56

#123740

#0c252b

#061215

Tints

Color #256f81 mixed toward white.

#3295ad

#4db3cc

#79c6d9

#a6d9e5

#d2ecf2

Tones

Color #256f81 mixed toward gray.

#2d6a79

#346671

#3c616a

#445c62

#4b585b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#50507d · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#4b467c · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#2c7a79 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #256f81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#256f81]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#256f81 (#256f81) is rgb(37, 111, 129) in RGB.

No, #256f81 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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