#256A8E#256A8E

#256A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.089 H 235.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A8E
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, -8.86, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 27.42, 251.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% -0.0502 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.089 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7975, 12.6531, 27.4592)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A8E #8E4925

analogous

#258E7D #256A8E #25368E

triadic

#256A8E #8E256A #6A8E25

tetradic

#256A8E #7D258E #8E4925 #368E25

square

#256A8E #7D258E #8E4925 #368E25

split-complementary

#256A8E #8E2536 #8E7D25

monochromatic

#0C222D #18465D #256A8E #328EBF #5AAAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#256A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#256A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A8E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A8E	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.089 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94af',
    500: '#256a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a8e;
$custom-light: #6e94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49802,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A8E

secondary

#B97856

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A8E

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

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