#256C7F#256C7F

#256C7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.075 H 219.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256C7F
RGB	rgb(37, 108, 127)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 15%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -15.31, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 22.84, 227.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% -0.0582 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.075 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9547, 12.6496, 21.9915)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256C7F #7F3825

analogous

#257F65 #256C7F #253F7F

triadic

#256C7F #7F256C #6C7F25

tetradic

#256C7F #65257F #7F3825 #3F7F25

square

#256C7F #65257F #7F3825 #3F7F25

split-complementary

#256C7F #7F253F #7F6525

monochromatic

#091B20 #174450 #256C7F #3394AE #52B3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#256C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#256C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256C7F

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256C7F	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53607F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 108, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.075 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c96a4',
    500: '#256c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256c7f;
$custom-light: #6c96a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.667,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49584,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256C7F

secondary

#B1644F

accent

#694ADE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256C7F

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

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