#256A7A#256A7A

#256A7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.072 H 216.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A7A
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 122)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, -15.89, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 22.00, 223.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% -0.0581 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.072 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4284, 12.1055, 20.2483)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A7A #7A3525

analogous

#257A5F #256A7A #253F7A

triadic

#256A7A #7A256A #6A7A25

tetradic

#256A7A #5F257A #7A3525 #3F7A25

square

#256A7A #5F257A #7A3525 #3F7A25

split-complementary

#256A7A #7A253F #7A5F25

monochromatic

#09181C #17414B #256A7A #3393A9 #50B3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#256A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#256A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A7A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A7A	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F677B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.072 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b94a0',
    500: '#256a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a7a;
$custom-light: #6b94a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48838,
    "c": 0.07194,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A7A

secondary

#AC604E

accent

#664BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A7A

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

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