#256C8D#256C8D

#256C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.087 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256C8D
RGB	rgb(37, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, -10.40, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 26.56, 246.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% -0.0526 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.087 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9313, 13.0403, 27.1351)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256C8D #8D4625

analogous

#258D7A #256C8D #25388D

triadic

#256C8D #8D256C #6C8D25

tetradic

#256C8D #7A258D #8D4625 #388D25

square

#256C8D #7A258D #8D4625 #388D25

split-complementary

#256C8D #8D2538 #8D7A25

monochromatic

#0C222C #18475D #256C8D #3291BD #59ADD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#256C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#256C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256C8D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256C8D	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)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.087 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ae',
    500: '#256c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256c8d;
$custom-light: #6e96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50255,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256C8D

secondary

#B87556

accent

#7746E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256C8D

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

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