#256A8F#256A8F

#256A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.090 H 236.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A8F
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, -8.50, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 27.81, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0498 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.09 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8730, 12.6833, 27.8564)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A8F #8F4A25

analogous

#258F7F #256A8F #25358F

triadic

#256A8F #8F256A #6A8F25

tetradic

#256A8F #7F258F #8F4A25 #358F25

square

#256A8F #7F258F #8F4A25 #358F25

split-complementary

#256A8F #8F2535 #8F7F25

monochromatic

#0C222E #18465E #256A8F #328EC0 #5AAAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#256A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#256A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A8F

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A8F	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.090 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94b0',
    500: '#256a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a8f;
$custom-light: #6e94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49854,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A8F

secondary

#B97957

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A8F

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

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