#256B8E#256B8E

#256B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.088 H 234.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B8E
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, -9.45, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 27.16, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% -0.0512 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.088 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9012, 12.8605, 27.4937)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B8E #8E4825

analogous

#258E7C #256B8E #25378E

triadic

#256B8E #8E256B #6B8E25

tetradic

#256B8E #7C258E #8E4825 #378E25

square

#256B8E #7C258E #8E4825 #378E25

split-complementary

#256B8E #8E2537 #8E7C25

monochromatic

#0C222D #18465D #256B8E #3290BF #5AABD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#256B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#256B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B8E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B8E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.088 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e95af',
    500: '#256b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b8e;
$custom-light: #6e95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50053,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B8E

secondary

#B97756

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B8E

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

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