#12556A#12556A

#12556A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.072 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12556A
RGB	rgb(18, 85, 106)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 19.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, -12.23, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 21.64, 235.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% -0.0515 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.072 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0984, 7.6655, 14.7910)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12556A #6A2712

analogous

#126A53 #12556A #12296A

triadic

#12556A #6A1255 #556A12

tetradic

#12556A #53126A #6A2712 #296A12

square

#12556A #53126A #6A2712 #296A12

split-complementary

#12556A #6A1229 #6A5312

monochromatic

#04151A #092B36 #12556A #1B7F9E #24A9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#12556A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#12556A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12556A

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12556A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12556A	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49536B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12556a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 85, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.072 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608594',
    500: '#12556a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12556a;
$custom-light: #608594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12556a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.318,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41971,
    "c": 0.07186,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12556A

secondary

#A25036

accent

#653AEE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #12556A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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