HSL

114° · 56% · 27%

Salubrious Variscite

#256a1e

Notes

Salubrious Variscite (#256A1E) is a deep green with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (114°, 56%, 27%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX

#256a1e

RGB

rgb(37, 106, 30)

HSL

hsl(114, 56%, 27%)

HWB

hwb(114 12% 58%)

OKLCH

oklch(46.4% 0.130 141.8)

color(display-p3 0.2232 0.4100 0.1624)

HSV

hsv(114, 72%, 42%)

LAB

lab(39.23% -37.33 34.91)

LCH

lch(39.23% 51.11 136.92)

CMYK

cmyk(65%, 0%, 72%, 58%)

Etymology

Salubrious

adjective

Latin salūbris, healthful — adjectival suffix -ous. As a color modifier, salubrious implies a clear-and-healthful-and-fresh quality, the crisp color of Alpine-and-Sea-air health-resort and Mediterranean-coast spa-and-thalassotherapy outdoor environment. Sits at the crisp-and-wholesome end of the grid, parallel to healthful and bracing in usage.

Variscite

noun

A hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral — yellow-green to blue-green in color, mined principally in Utah and Australia. Often confused with low-grade turquoise. The color refers to a polished variscite cabochon: a soft, slightly muted yellow-green with the matte finish of opaque mineral. Cooler than prehnite.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

#006400

W3C CSS namedDarkgreenΔE 9.70

#0b5509

CuratedForestΔE 8.42

#02590f

xkcd surveyDeep GreenΔE 7.23

Variations

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Tints & shades · lightness

-5#0d320a -4#123d0d -3#164811 -2#1b5316 -1#205e1a BASE#256a1e +1#50854a +2#78a173 +3#a0bd9c +4#c9d9c6 +5#f2f6f2

Tones · saturation

BASE#256a1e -1#34672e -2#3f643b -3#496146 -4#515d50 -5#595959

Hues · rotation

-150#8c3461 -120#943437 -90#8f3e00 -60#7c4f00 -30#5c5f00 BASE#256a1e +30#006f50 +60#006c77 +90#006394 +120#2e56a0 +150#5c489a

Temperatures · cool ← → warm

-3#006a81 -2#006e66 -1#006e46 BASE#256a1e +1#655b00 +2#874600 +3#94362a

Harmonies

Complementary

Salubrious Variscite#256a1e Modest Brindisi#793c83

Analogous

Defined Citron#5c5f00 Salubrious Variscite#256a1e Trustworthy Amazonite#006f50

Triadic

Salubrious Variscite#256a1e Unblemished Cobalt#2e56a0 Cleansed Spinel#943437

Split Complementary

Salubrious Variscite#256a1e Plumb Iris#5c489a Translucent Boysenberry#8c3461

Tetradic

Salubrious Variscite#256a1e Tidy Mizu#006c77 Modest Brindisi#793c83 Cleansed Spinel#943437

Square

Salubrious Variscite#256a1e Spick Tao Peacock#006394 Modest Brindisi#793c83 Defined Paprika#8f3e00

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#256a1e

Original

#6d6013

Protanopia

#645a25

Deuteranopia

#19675b

Tritanopia

#565656

Achromatopsia

WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).

AAon White

6.65:1

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).

AA Largeon Black

3.16:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex

##256A1E

Display P3

color(display-p3 0.2232 0.4100 0.1624)

P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.130

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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