#256A89#256A89

#256A89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.084 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A89
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 137)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 22.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, -10.66, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 25.63, 245.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% -0.052 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.084 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4305, 12.5063, 25.5263)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A89 #894425

analogous

#258976 #256A89 #253889

triadic

#256A89 #89256A #6A8925

tetradic

#256A89 #762589 #894425 #388925

square

#256A89 #762589 #894425 #388925

split-complementary

#256A89 #892538 #897625

monochromatic

#0B1F29 #184559 #256A89 #328FB9 #57ACD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#256A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#256A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A89

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A89	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.084 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94ab',
    500: '#256a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a89;
$custom-light: #6d94ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49547,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A89

secondary

#B67254

accent

#7747E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A89

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

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