#256B8F#256B8F

#256B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.089 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B8F
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, -9.09, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 27.53, 250.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.0508 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.089 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9766, 12.8906, 27.8909)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B8F #8F4925

analogous

#258F7E #256B8F #25368F

triadic

#256B8F #8F256B #6B8F25

tetradic

#256B8F #7E258F #8F4925 #368F25

square

#256B8F #7E258F #8F4925 #368F25

split-complementary

#256B8F #8F2536 #8F7E25

monochromatic

#0C222E #18475E #256B8F #328FC0 #5AABD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#256B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#256B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B8F

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B8F	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.089 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95b0',
    500: '#256b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b8f;
$custom-light: #6f95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.377,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50105,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B8F

secondary

#B97857

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B8F

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

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