#256B88#256B88

#256B88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.082 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B88
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 136)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, -11.60, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 25.12, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% -0.0535 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.082 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4628, 12.6851, 25.1848)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B88 #884225

analogous

#258874 #256B88 #253A88

triadic

#256B88 #88256B #6B8825

tetradic

#256B88 #742588 #884225 #3A8825

square

#256B88 #742588 #884225 #3A8825

split-complementary

#256B88 #88253A #887425

monochromatic

#0B1F28 #184558 #256B88 #3291B8 #56ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#256B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#256B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B88

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B88	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.082 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95aa',
    500: '#256b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b88;
$custom-light: #6d95aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49752,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B88

secondary

#B67053

accent

#7447E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B88

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

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