#256A8D#256A8D

#256A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.088 H 234.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A8D
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -9.22, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 27.05, 250.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% -0.0505 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.088 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7228, 12.6233, 27.0655)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A8D #8D4825

analogous

#258D7C #256A8D #25368D

triadic

#256A8D #8D256A #6A8D25

tetradic

#256A8D #7C258D #8D4825 #368D25

square

#256A8D #7C258D #8D4825 #368D25

split-complementary

#256A8D #8D2536 #8D7C25

monochromatic

#0C212C #18465D #256A8D #328EBD #59AAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#256A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#256A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A8D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A8D	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.088 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94ae',
    500: '#256a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a8d;
$custom-light: #6e94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.192,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4975,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A8D

secondary

#B87756

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A8D

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

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