#256B80#256B80

#256B80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.076 H 221.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B80
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 128)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, -14.40, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 23.04, 231.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% -0.0567 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.076 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9153, 12.4661, 22.3015)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B80 #803A25

analogous

#258068 #256B80 #253E80

triadic

#256B80 #80256B #6B8025

tetradic

#256B80 #682580 #803A25 #3E8025

square

#256B80 #682580 #803A25 #3E8025

split-complementary

#256B80 #80253E #806825

monochromatic

#0A1C21 #174351 #256B80 #3393AF #52B1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#256B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#256B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B80

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B80	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.076 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a5',
    500: '#256b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b80;
$custom-light: #6c95a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4937,
    "c": 0.07574,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B80

secondary

#B16650

accent

#6C49DE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B80

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

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