#256A79#256A79

#256A79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.071 H 214.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A79
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 121)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, -16.22, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 21.88, 222.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% -0.0586 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.071 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3667, 12.0808, 19.9236)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A79 #793425

analogous

#25795E #256A79 #254079

triadic

#256A79 #79256A #6A7925

tetradic

#256A79 #5E2579 #793425 #407925

square

#256A79 #5E2579 #793425 #407925

split-complementary

#256A79 #792540 #795E25

monochromatic

#08181B #17414A #256A79 #3393A8 #4FB3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#256A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#256A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A79

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A79	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F677A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.071 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b949f',
    500: '#256a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a79;
$custom-light: #6b949f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48794,
    "c": 0.07141,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A79

secondary

#AB5F4E

accent

#654BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A79

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

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