#256F8E#256F8E

#256F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.086 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#256F8E
RGB	rgb(37, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, -11.78, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 26.28, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% -0.0554 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.086 230)
XYZ	xyz(11.3279, 13.7139, 27.6360)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#256F8E #8E4425

analogous

#258E78 #256F8E #253B8E

triadic

#256F8E #8E256F #6F8E25

tetradic

#256F8E #78258E #8E4425 #3B8E25

square

#256F8E #78258E #8E4425 #3B8E25

split-complementary

#256F8E #8E253B #8E7825

monochromatic

#0C232D #18495D #256F8E #3295BF #5AB0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#256F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#256F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256F8E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##256F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##256F8E	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)

#5F6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #256f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.086 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f98af',
    500: '#256f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #256f8e;
$custom-light: #6f98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#256f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51064,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.13715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#256F8E

secondary

#B97356

accent

#7446E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #256F8E

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

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