#256C8E#256C8E

#256C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.088 H 233.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256C8E
RGB	rgb(37, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -10.04, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 26.91, 248.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% -0.0523 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.088 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0061, 13.0702, 27.5287)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256C8E #8E4725

analogous

#258E7C #256C8E #25378E

triadic

#256C8E #8E256C #6C8E25

tetradic

#256C8E #7C258E #8E4725 #378E25

square

#256C8E #7C258E #8E4725 #378E25

split-complementary

#256C8E #8E2537 #8E7C25

monochromatic

#0C222D #18475D #256C8E #3291BF #5AACD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#256C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#256C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256C8E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256C8E	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.088 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96af',
    500: '#256c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256c8e;
$custom-light: #6e96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.429,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50305,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256C8E

secondary

#B97656

accent

#7846E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256C8E

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

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