#256B81#256B81

#256B81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.076 H 222.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B81
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 129)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -14.05, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 23.25, 232.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% -0.0563 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.076 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9815, 12.4926, 22.6499)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B81 #813B25

analogous

#258169 #256B81 #253D81

triadic

#256B81 #81256B #6B8125

tetradic

#256B81 #692581 #813B25 #3D8125

square

#256B81 #692581 #813B25 #3D8125

split-complementary

#256B81 #81253D #816925

monochromatic

#0A1C22 #174451 #256B81 #3392B1 #53B0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#256B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#256B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B81

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B81	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.076 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a5',
    500: '#256b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b81;
$custom-light: #6c95a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 55.422,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49417,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B81

secondary

#B26750

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B81

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

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