#256A7D#256A7D

#256A7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.074 H 219.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A7D
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 125)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, -14.86, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 22.47, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% -0.0569 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.074 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6171, 12.1810, 21.2424)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A7D #7D3825

analogous

#257D64 #256A7D #253E7D

triadic

#256A7D #7D256A #6A7D25

tetradic

#256A7D #64257D #7D3825 #3E7D25

square

#256A7D #64257D #7D3825 #3E7D25

split-complementary

#256A7D #7D253E #7D6425

monochromatic

#091A1F #17424E #256A7D #3392AC #51B1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#256A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#256A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A7D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A7D	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E677E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.074 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a2',
    500: '#256a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a7d;
$custom-light: #6c94a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.955,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48973,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A7D

secondary

#AF634F

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A7D

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

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