#246D9E#246D9E

#246D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.105 H 242.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#246D9E
RGB	rgb(36, 109, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 31%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, -4.90, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 33.21, 261.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% -0.0483 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.105 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3653, 13.7795, 34.3491)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#246D9E #9E5524

analogous

#249E92 #246D9E #24309E

triadic

#246D9E #9E246D #6D9E24

tetradic

#246D9E #92249E #9E5524 #309E24

square

#246D9E #92249E #9E5524 #309E24

split-complementary

#246D9E #9E2430 #9E9224

monochromatic

#0D283A #194B6C #246D9E #2F8FD0 #61AADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#246D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#246D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #246D9E

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##246D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##246D9E	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #246d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 109, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.105 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7196bb',
    500: '#246d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #246d9e;
$custom-light: #7196bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#246d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.098,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51378,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#246D9E

secondary

#C0855E

accent

#8442E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #246D9E

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

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