#256ce0

Color #256ce0

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 5.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#256ce0

RGB

rgb(37, 108, 224)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 75.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 83.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.5%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(47.62, 21.05, -65.08)

LCH

lch(47.62, 68.4, 287.92)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.1906, 260.06)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 14.5%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e09925

Analogous

#25cae0

#256ce0

#3c25e0

Triadic

#256ce0

#e0256c

#6ce025

Split-complementary

#256ce0

#e03c25

#cae025

Tetradic

#256ce0

#9925e0

#e09925

#6ce025

Square

#256ce0

#e025ca

#e09925

#25e03c

Shades

Color #256ce0 mixed toward black.

#1b59bf

#164798

#103672

#0b244c

#051226

Tints

Color #256ce0 mixed toward white.

#4985e5

#6e9dea

#92b6f0

#b6cef5

#dbe7fa

Tones

Color #256ce0 mixed toward gray.

#3570d0

#4474c1

#5477b1

#637ba2

#737f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4ecc · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#4a44c6 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#2cb9b5 · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 27

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #256ce0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#256ce0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#256ce0 (#256ce0) is rgb(37, 108, 224) in RGB.

No, #256ce0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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