#246C8B#246C8B

#246C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.085 H 230.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#246C8B
RGB	rgb(36, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, -11.26, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 25.99, 244.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0539 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.085 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7484, 12.9630, 26.3567)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#246C8B #8B4324

analogous

#248B77 #246C8B #24398B

triadic

#246C8B #8B246C #6C8B24

tetradic

#246C8B #77248B #8B4324 #398B24

square

#246C8B #77248B #8B4324 #398B24

split-complementary

#246C8B #8B2439 #8B7724

monochromatic

#0B202A #17465A #246C8B #3192BC #56AED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#246C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#246C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #246C8B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##246C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##246C8B	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #246c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.085 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ad',
    500: '#246c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #246c8b;
$custom-light: #6e96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#246c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50125,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#246C8B

secondary

#B77153

accent

#7546E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #246C8B

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

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