#256A9A#256A9A

#256A9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.102 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A9A
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 154)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 31.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, -4.44, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 32.51, 262.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0461 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.102 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7475, 13.0331, 32.4621)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A9A #9A5525

analogous

#259A8F #256A9A #25309A

triadic

#256A9A #9A256A #6A9A25

tetradic

#256A9A #8F259A #9A5525 #309A25

square

#256A9A #8F259A #9A5525 #309A25

split-complementary

#256A9A #9A2530 #9A8F25

monochromatic

#0D2637 #194869 #256A9A #318CCB #60A8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#256A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#256A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A9A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A9A	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.102 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b8',
    500: '#256a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a9a;
$custom-light: #7094b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50449,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A9A

secondary

#BE855D

accent

#8543E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A9A

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

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