#256A7E#256A7E

#256A7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.074 H 220.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A7E
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, -14.52, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 22.66, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% -0.0564 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.074 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6813, 12.2067, 21.5805)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A7E #7E3925

analogous

#257E66 #256A7E #253E7E

triadic

#256A7E #7E256A #6A7E25

tetradic

#256A7E #66257E #7E3925 #3E7E25

square

#256A7E #66257E #7E3925 #3E7E25

split-complementary

#256A7E #7E253E #7E6625

monochromatic

#091A1F #17424F #256A7E #3392AD #51B0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#256A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#256A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A7E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A7E	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E677F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.074 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a3',
    500: '#256a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a7e;
$custom-light: #6c94a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.483,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49019,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A7E

secondary

#B0654F

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A7E

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

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