All About Color #256B7E

#256B7E

About #256B7E

#256B7E is a dark cyan color with the hex code #256B7E. In RGB it is red 37, green 107, blue 126; in HSL it is hue 193°, saturation 55%, lightness 32%; in CMYK it is 71%, 15%, 0%, 51%. Its contrast ratio is 6.03:1 on white and 3.48:1 on black.

#256B7E Color Conversion

Hex triplet25, 6B, 7E
CMYK70.63%, 15.08%, 0.00%, 50.59%
RGB Decimal37, 107, 126
HSL193°, 55%, 32%
RGB Octal45, 153, 176
HSV (HSB)192.81°, 70.63%, 49.41%
RGB Binary100101, 1101011, 1111110
CIE-L*AB41.87, -15.08, -16.91
RGB Percent14.51%, 41.96%, 49.41%
CIE-L*CH41.87, 22.65, 228.26
XYZ9.79, 12.42, 21.62
CIE-L*UV41.87, -26.00, -21.77
xyY0.22, 0.28, 12.42
Hunter-Lab35.24, -12.08, -11.71
RYB14.51%, 29.88%, 49.41%

Color Accessibility Scores

#256B7E on a dark background: contrast 3.48:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#256B7E on a light background: contrast 6.03:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #256B7E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #256B7E. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#256B7E · #39A7C6 · #102F37 · #7E3825 · #C65839

Analogous palette

#257E38 · #257E65 · #256B7E · #253E7E · #38257E

Triadic palette

#256B7E · #7E256B · #6B7E25 · #39A7C6 · #C639A7

Tetradic palette

#256B7E · #65257E · #7E3825 · #3E7E25 · #102F37

Monochromatic palette

#061114 · #143943 · #256B7E · #369DBA · #69BCD3

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