#256A99#256A99

#256A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.101 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#256A99
RGBrgb(37, 106, 153)
HSLhsl(204, 61%, 37%)
HSVhsv(204, 76%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(75.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(42.76, -4.82, -31.69)
CIE-LCHlch(42.76, 32.06, 261.36°)
OKLaboklab(50.39% -0.0464 -0.0897)
OKLCHoklch(50.39% 0.101 242.7)
XYZxyz(11.6645, 12.9999, 32.0253)
Luminance0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#256A99 #995425
analogous
#25998E #256A99 #253099
triadic
#256A99 #99256A #6A9925
tetradic
#256A99 #8E2599 #995425 #309925
square
#256A99 #8E2599 #995425 #309925
split-complementary
#256A99 #992530 #998E25
monochromatic
#0D2636 #194868 #256A99 #318CCA #60A8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83
#256A99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60
#256A99 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A99
5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##256A99#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##256A991.005.833.605.83
#FFFFFF5.831.0021.001.00
#0000003.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.831.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#546B9B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#446098
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00767B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #256a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.101 242.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b7',
    500: '#256a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #256a99;
$custom-light: #7094b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#256a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50393,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#256A99
secondary
#BE845C
accent
#8544E4
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF1F6
border
#C8CBD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

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#256A99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva