#256E86#256E86

#256E86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.080 H 223.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E86
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 134)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, -14.02, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 24.20, 234.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.0575 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.08 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6402, 13.2652, 24.5493)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E86 #863D25

analogous

#25866D #256E86 #253D86

triadic

#256E86 #86256E #6E8625

tetradic

#256E86 #6D2586 #863D25 #3D8625

square

#256E86 #6D2586 #863D25 #3D8625

split-complementary

#256E86 #86253D #866D25

monochromatic

#0B1F26 #184756 #256E86 #3295B6 #55B2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#256E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#256E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E86

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E86	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.080 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a9',
    500: '#256e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e86;
$custom-light: #6d97a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50424,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E86

secondary

#B46B52

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E86

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

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