#256E8A#256E8A

#256E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.083 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E8A
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, -12.62, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 25.25, 240.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% -0.0559 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.083 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9245, 13.3789, 26.0465)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E8A #8A4125

analogous

#258A74 #256E8A #253C8A

triadic

#256E8A #8A256E #6E8A25

tetradic

#256E8A #74258A #8A4125 #3C8A25

square

#256E8A #74258A #8A4125 #3C8A25

split-complementary

#256E8A #8A253C #8A7425

monochromatic

#0B2129 #18485A #256E8A #3294BA #57B0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#256E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#256E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E8A

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E8A	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.083 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97ac',
    500: '#256e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e8a;
$custom-light: #6e97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50614,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E8A

secondary

#B77054

accent

#7247E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E8A

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

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