#256D84#256D84

#256D84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.078 H 223.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256D84
RGB	rgb(37, 109, 132)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 17.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, -14.15, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 23.81, 233.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% -0.0572 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.078 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3947, 12.9954, 23.7858)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256D84 #843C25

analogous

#25846B #256D84 #253E84

triadic

#256D84 #84256D #6D8425

tetradic

#256D84 #6B2584 #843C25 #3E8425

square

#256D84 #6B2584 #843C25 #3E8425

split-complementary

#256D84 #84253E #846B25

monochromatic

#0A1E24 #184654 #256D84 #3294B4 #54B1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#256D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#256D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256D84

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256D84	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 109, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.078 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a7',
    500: '#256d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256d84;
$custom-light: #6d97a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.526,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50073,
    "c": 0.07836,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256D84

secondary

#B36951

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256D84

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

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