#256E91#256E91

#256E91 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.089 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E91
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 145)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, -10.13, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 27.50, 248.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% -0.0532 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.089 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4477, 13.5882, 28.8020)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E91 #914825

analogous

#25917E #256E91 #253891

triadic

#256E91 #91256E #6E9125

tetradic

#256E91 #7E2591 #914825 #389125

square

#256E91 #7E2591 #914825 #389125

split-complementary

#256E91 #912538 #917E25

monochromatic

#0C242F #194960 #256E91 #3193C2 #5BAED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#256E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#256E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E91

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E91	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.089 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97b1',
    500: '#256e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e91;
$custom-light: #6f97b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50962,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E91

secondary

#BA7858

accent

#7845E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F5

border

#C8CCCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E91

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

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