#256C91#256C91

#256C91 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.091 H 235.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256C91
RGB	rgb(37, 108, 145)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -8.95, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 28.02, 251.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% -0.0512 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.091 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2343, 13.1615, 28.7309)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256C91 #914A25

analogous

#259180 #256C91 #253691

triadic

#256C91 #91256C #6C9125

tetradic

#256C91 #802591 #914A25 #369125

square

#256C91 #802591 #914A25 #369125

split-complementary

#256C91 #912536 #918025

monochromatic

#0C232F #194860 #256C91 #3190C2 #5BABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#256C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#256C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256C91

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256C91	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 108, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.091 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96b1',
    500: '#256c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256c91;
$custom-light: #6f96b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.556,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50459,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256C91

secondary

#BA7958

accent

#7B45E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F5

border

#C8CBCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256C91

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

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