#256F86#256F86

#256F86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.080 H 222.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256F86
RGB	rgb(37, 111, 134)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, -14.59, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 24.14, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.0586 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.08 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7487, 13.4822, 24.5855)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256F86 #863C25

analogous

#25866C #256F86 #253E86

triadic

#256F86 #86256F #6F8625

tetradic

#256F86 #6C2586 #863C25 #3E8625

square

#256F86 #6C2586 #863C25 #3E8625

split-complementary

#256F86 #86253E #866C25

monochromatic

#0B2026 #184756 #256F86 #3297B6 #55B3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#256F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#256F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256F86

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256F86	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 111, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.080 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98a9',
    500: '#256f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256f86;
$custom-light: #6d98a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.227,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50681,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256F86

secondary

#B46A52

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256F86

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

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