#245E8B#245E8B

#245E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.095 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#245E8B
RGB	rgb(36, 94, 139)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.28, -2.82, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.28, 30.48, 264.70°)
OKLab	oklab(46.61% -0.0393 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(46.61% 0.095 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3887, 10.2435, 25.9035)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#245E8B #8B5124

analogous

#248B85 #245E8B #242A8B

triadic

#245E8B #8B245E #5E8B24

tetradic

#245E8B #85248B #8B5124 #2A8B24

square

#245E8B #85248B #8B5124 #2A8B24

split-complementary

#245E8B #8B242A #8B8524

monochromatic

#0B1C2A #173D5A #245E8B #317FBC #569DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#245E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#245E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #245E8B

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##245E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##245E8B	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #245e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 94, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.095 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bad',
    500: '#245e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #245e8b;
$custom-light: #6d8bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#245e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.214,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46608,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#245E8B

secondary

#B77F53

accent

#8A46E2

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #245E8B

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

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