#256B7C#256B7C

#256B7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.073 H 217.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B7C
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 124)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, -15.77, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 22.33, 225.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.19% -0.0584 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(49.19% 0.073 217)
XYZ	xyz(9.6572, 12.3629, 20.9422)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B7C #7C3625

analogous

#257C62 #256B7C #25407C

triadic

#256B7C #7C256B #6B7C25

tetradic

#256B7C #62257C #7C3625 #407C25

square

#256B7C #62257C #7C3625 #407C25

split-complementary

#256B7C #7C2540 #7C6225

monochromatic

#091A1E #17424D #256B7C #3394AB #50B3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#256B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#256B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B7C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B7C	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60687D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.073 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a2',
    500: '#256b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b7c;
$custom-light: #6c95a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.724,
    "s": 54.037,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49189,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.12364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B7C

secondary

#AE614F

accent

#674ADD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B7C

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

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