#256A9C#256A9C

#256A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.105 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A9C
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -3.70, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 33.44, 263.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% -0.0454 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.105 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9154, 13.1003, 33.3467)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A9C #9C5725

analogous

#259C92 #256A9C #252F9C

triadic

#256A9C #9C256A #6A9C25

tetradic

#256A9C #92259C #9C5725 #2F9C25

square

#256A9C #92259C #9C5725 #2F9C25

split-complementary

#256A9C #9C252F #9C9225

monochromatic

#0E2739 #19486B #256A9C #318CCD #62A7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#256A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#256A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A9C

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A9C	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42609B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.105 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7194b9',
    500: '#256a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a9c;
$custom-light: #7194b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50562,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A9C

secondary

#BF875E

accent

#8743E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A9C

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

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