#256A85#256A85

#256A85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.080 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A85
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 133)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, -12.08, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 24.37, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% -0.0536 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.08 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1489, 12.3937, 24.0431)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A85 #854025

analogous

#258570 #256A85 #253A85

triadic

#256A85 #85256A #6A8525

tetradic

#256A85 #702585 #854025 #3A8525

square

#256A85 #702585 #854025 #3A8525

split-complementary

#256A85 #85253A #857025

monochromatic

#0A1E25 #184455 #256A85 #3290B5 #55ADD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#256A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#256A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A85

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A85	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.080 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94a8',
    500: '#256a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a85;
$custom-light: #6d94a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4935,
    "c": 0.07993,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A85

secondary

#B46D52

accent

#7348E0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A85

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

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