#246D8B#246D8B

#246D8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.085 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#246D8B
RGB	rgb(36, 109, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, -11.84, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 25.81, 242.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.055 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.085 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8545, 13.1752, 26.3921)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#246D8B #8B4224

analogous

#248B76 #246D8B #243A8B

triadic

#246D8B #8B246D #6D8B24

tetradic

#246D8B #76248B #8B4224 #3A8B24

square

#246D8B #76248B #8B4224 #3A8B24

split-complementary

#246D8B #8B243A #8B7624

monochromatic

#0B212A #17475A #246D8B #3193BC #56AFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#246D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#246D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #246D8B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##246D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##246D8B	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #246d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 109, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.085 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ad',
    500: '#246d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #246d8b;
$custom-light: #6e96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#246d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50379,
    "c": 0.08465,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#246D8B

secondary

#B77053

accent

#7346E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #246D8B

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

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