#256E85#256E85

#256E85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.079 H 222.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E85
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, -14.37, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 23.98, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.0579 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.079 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5708, 13.2374, 24.1837)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E85 #853C25

analogous

#25856C #256E85 #253E85

triadic

#256E85 #85256E #6E8525

tetradic

#256E85 #6C2585 #853C25 #3E8525

square

#256E85 #6C2585 #853C25 #3E8525

split-complementary

#256E85 #85253E #856C25

monochromatic

#0A1F25 #184655 #256E85 #3296B5 #55B2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#256E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#256E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E85

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E85	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.079 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a8',
    500: '#256e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e85;
$custom-light: #6d97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.375,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50377,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E85

secondary

#B46952

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E85

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

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