#256A9F#256A9F

#256A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.108 H 245.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256A9F
RGB	rgb(37, 106, 159)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(206, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, -2.57, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 34.87, 265.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% -0.0445 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.108 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1726, 13.2032, 34.7011)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256A9F #9F5A25

analogous

#259F97 #256A9F #252D9F

triadic

#256A9F #9F256A #6A9F25

tetradic

#256A9F #97259F #9F5A25 #2D9F25

square

#256A9F #97259F #9F5A25 #2D9F25

split-complementary

#256A9F #9F252D #9F9725

monochromatic

#0E283C #19496D #256A9F #328BCF #64A7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#256A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#256A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256A9F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256A9F	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40619E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 106, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.108 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7194bb',
    500: '#256a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256a9f;
$custom-light: #7194bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.066,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50734,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256A9F

secondary

#C08A5F

accent

#8942E5

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #256A9F

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

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