#246B8B#246B8B

#246B8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.086 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#246B8B
RGB	rgb(36, 107, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 23%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, -10.68, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 26.19, 245.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% -0.0529 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.086 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6436, 12.7533, 26.3218)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#246B8B #8B4424

analogous

#248B78 #246B8B #24388B

triadic

#246B8B #8B246B #6B8B24

tetradic

#246B8B #78248B #8B4424 #388B24

square

#246B8B #78248B #8B4424 #388B24

split-complementary

#246B8B #8B2438 #8B7824

monochromatic

#0B202A #17465A #246B8B #3190BC #56ACD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#246B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#246B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #246B8B

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##246B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##246B8B	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #246b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 107, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.086 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ad',
    500: '#246b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #246b8b;
$custom-light: #6d95ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#246b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49871,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#246B8B

secondary

#B77253

accent

#7646E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #246B8B

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

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