diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/x256/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/x256/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d728ad927a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/x256/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "x256";
+  version = "0.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "00g02b9a6jsl377xb5fmxvkjff3lalw21n430a4zalqyv76dnmgq";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Return the nearest xterm 256 color code for rgb inputs.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/magarcia/python-x256;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ scriptkiddi ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f4bb2c0ed0f..4cd756ccb3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5066,6 +5066,8 @@ in {
 
   simpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simpy { };
 
+  x256 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/x256 { };
+
   yattag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yattag { };
 
   z3 = (toPythonModule (pkgs.z3.override {