#256F9E#256F9E

#256F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.103 H 241.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#256F9E
RGBrgb(37, 111, 158)
HSLhsl(203, 62%, 38%)
HSVhsv(203, 77%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(76.6%, 29.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(44.56, -5.98, -31.83)
CIE-LCHlch(44.56, 32.39, 259.36°)
OKLaboklab(51.9% -0.0497 -0.0901)
OKLCHoklch(51.9% 0.103 241.1)
XYZxyz(12.6165, 14.2293, 34.4227)
Luminance0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#256F9E #9E5425
analogous
#259E90 #256F9E #25329E
triadic
#256F9E #9E256F #6F9E25
tetradic
#256F9E #90259E #9E5425 #329E25
square
#256F9E #90259E #9E5425 #329E25
split-complementary
#256F9E #9E2532 #9E9025
monochromatic
#0E293B #194C6C #256F9E #3192CF #63ACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46
#256F9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85
#256F9E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #256F9E
5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##256F9E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##256F9E1.005.463.855.46
#FFFFFF5.461.0021.001.00
#0000003.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5970A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#48649D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007B7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #256f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 111, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.103 241.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7198bb',
    500: '#256f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #256f9e;
$custom-light: #7198bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#256f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51896,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#256F9E
secondary
#C0855F
accent
#8243E5
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

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#256F9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva