#256D86#256D86

#256D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.080 H 225.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256D86
RGB	rgb(37, 109, 134)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -13.45, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 24.29, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% -0.0564 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.08 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5329, 13.0506, 24.5135)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256D86 #863E25

analogous

#25866E #256D86 #253C86

triadic

#256D86 #86256D #6D8625

tetradic

#256D86 #6E2586 #863E25 #3C8625

square

#256D86 #6E2586 #863E25 #3C8625

split-complementary

#256D86 #86253C #866E25

monochromatic

#0B1F26 #184656 #256D86 #3294B6 #55B0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#256D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#256D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256D86

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256D86	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)

#5F6B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 109, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.080 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a9',
    500: '#256d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256d86;
$custom-light: #6d97a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50167,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256D86

secondary

#B46C52

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256D86

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

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