#256A7F#256A7F

#256A7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.075 H 221.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A7F
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 127)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, -14.18, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 22.86, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.07% -0.056 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(49.07% 0.075 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7462, 12.2326, 21.9220)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A7F #7F3A25

analogous

#257F67 #256A7F #253D7F

triadic

#256A7F #7F256A #6A7F25

tetradic

#256A7F #67257F #7F3A25 #3D7F25

square

#256A7F #67257F #7F3A25 #3D7F25

split-complementary

#256A7F #7F253D #7F6725

monochromatic

#091B20 #174250 #256A7F #3392AE #52B0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#256A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#256A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A7F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A7F	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.075 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a4',
    500: '#256a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a7f;
$custom-light: #6c94a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49065,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A7F

secondary

#B1664F

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A7F

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

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