#256A80#256A80

#256A80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.076 H 222.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A80
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 128)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, -13.83, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 23.08, 233.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% -0.0556 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.076 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8117, 12.2588, 22.2670)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A80 #803B25

analogous

#258068 #256A80 #253D80

triadic

#256A80 #80256A #6A8025

tetradic

#256A80 #682580 #803B25 #3D8025

square

#256A80 #682580 #803B25 #3D8025

split-complementary

#256A80 #80253D #806825

monochromatic

#0A1B21 #174351 #256A80 #3391AF #52AFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#256A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#256A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A80

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A80	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.076 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a5',
    500: '#256a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a80;
$custom-light: #6c94a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.505,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49112,
    "c": 0.07588,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A80

secondary

#B16750

accent

#6D49DE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A80

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

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