#256D89#256D89

#256D89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.082 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256D89
RGB	rgb(37, 109, 137)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 20.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, -12.40, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 25.10, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% -0.0552 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.082 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7451, 13.1355, 25.6312)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256D89 #894125

analogous

#258973 #256D89 #253B89

triadic

#256D89 #89256D #6D8925

tetradic

#256D89 #732589 #894125 #3B8925

square

#256D89 #732589 #894125 #3B8925

split-complementary

#256D89 #89253B #897325

monochromatic

#0B2029 #184759 #256D89 #3293B9 #57AFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#256D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#256D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256D89

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256D89	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 109, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.082 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ab',
    500: '#256d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256d89;
$custom-light: #6e96ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50311,
    "c": 0.08241,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256D89

secondary

#B66F54

accent

#7247E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256D89

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

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