#256D85#256D85

#256D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.079 H 224.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256D85
RGB	rgb(37, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -13.80, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 24.04, 234.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% -0.0568 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.079 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4635, 13.0229, 24.1480)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256D85 #853D25

analogous

#25856D #256D85 #253D85

triadic

#256D85 #85256D #6D8525

tetradic

#256D85 #6D2585 #853D25 #3D8525

square

#256D85 #6D2585 #853D25 #3D8525

split-complementary

#256D85 #85253D #856D25

monochromatic

#0A1F25 #184655 #256D85 #3294B5 #55B1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#256D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#256D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256D85

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256D85	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)

#606B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.079 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a8',
    500: '#256d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256d85;
$custom-light: #6d97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5012,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256D85

secondary

#B46A52

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256D85

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

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