#256E82#256E82

#256E82 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.077 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E82
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 130)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -15.41, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 23.37, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% -0.0592 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.077 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3665, 13.1557, 23.1077)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E82 #823925

analogous

#258267 #256E82 #254082

triadic

#256E82 #82256E #6E8225

tetradic

#256E82 #672582 #823925 #408225

square

#256E82 #672582 #823925 #408225

split-complementary

#256E82 #822540 #826725

monochromatic

#0A1D23 #174652 #256E82 #3396B2 #53B4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#256E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#256E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E82

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E82	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)

#626B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.077 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a6',
    500: '#256e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e82;
$custom-light: #6d97a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.903,
    "s": 55.689,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50239,
    "c": 0.07684,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E82

secondary

#B26550

accent

#6949DF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E82

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

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