#256E95#256E95

#256E95 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.094 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256E95
RGB	rgb(37, 110, 149)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, -8.68, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 28.99, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% -0.0518 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.094 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7615, 13.7137, 30.4551)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256E95 #954C25

analogous

#259584 #256E95 #253695

triadic

#256E95 #95256E #6E9525

tetradic

#256E95 #842595 #954C25 #369525

square

#256E95 #842595 #954C25 #369525

split-complementary

#256E95 #952536 #958425

monochromatic

#0D2633 #194A64 #256E95 #3192C6 #5EADD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#256E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#256E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256E95

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256E95	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 110, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.094 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097b4',
    500: '#256e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256e95;
$custom-light: #7097b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51168,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256E95

secondary

#BC7C5A

accent

#7C44E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #256E95

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

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