#256B97#256B97

#256B97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.098 H 240.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256B97
RGB	rgb(37, 107, 151)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, -6.16, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 30.79, 258.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% -0.048 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.098 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6044, 13.1417, 31.1972)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256B97 #975125

analogous

#25978A #256B97 #253297

triadic

#256B97 #97256B #6B9725

tetradic

#256B97 #8A2597 #975125 #329725

square

#256B97 #8A2597 #975125 #329725

split-complementary

#256B97 #972532 #978A25

monochromatic

#0D2535 #194866 #256B97 #318EC8 #5FA9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#256B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#256B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256B97

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256B97	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 107, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.098 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b6',
    500: '#256b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256b97;
$custom-light: #7095b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50529,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256B97

secondary

#BD815B

accent

#8244E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #256B97

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

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