#256B94#256B94

#256B94 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.094 H 238.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B94
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 148)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 27.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -7.27, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 29.52, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% -0.0491 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.094 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3638, 13.0455, 29.9304)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B94 #944E25

analogous

#259486 #256B94 #253494

triadic

#256B94 #94256B #6B9425

tetradic

#256B94 #862594 #944E25 #349425

square

#256B94 #862594 #944E25 #349425

split-complementary

#256B94 #942534 #948625

monochromatic

#0D2432 #194863 #256B94 #318EC5 #5DAAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#256B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#256B94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B94

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B94	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.094 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95b3',
    500: '#256b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b94;
$custom-light: #6f95b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.162,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50368,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B94

secondary

#BB7E59

accent

#7F45E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B94

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

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