#256A9E#256A9E

#256A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.107 H 245.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A9E
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 158)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(206, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, -2.95, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 34.39, 265.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.0448 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.107 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0862, 13.1686, 34.2459)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A9E #9E5925

analogous

#259E95 #256A9E #252E9E

triadic

#256A9E #9E256A #6A9E25

tetradic

#256A9E #95259E #9E5925 #2E9E25

square

#256A9E #95259E #9E5925 #2E9E25

split-complementary

#256A9E #9E252E #9E9525

monochromatic

#0E273B #19496C #256A9E #318BCF #63A7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#256A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#256A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A9E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A9E	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41619D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.107 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7194bb',
    500: '#256a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a9e;
$custom-light: #7194bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.785,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50676,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A9E

secondary

#C0895F

accent

#8843E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A9E

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

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