#246E8A#246E8A

#246E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.083 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#246E8A
RGB	rgb(36, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, -12.77, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 25.36, 239.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% -0.0564 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.083 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8891, 13.3607, 26.0448)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#246E8A #8A4024

analogous

#248A73 #246E8A #243B8A

triadic

#246E8A #8A246E #6E8A24

tetradic

#246E8A #73248A #8A4024 #3B8A24

square

#246E8A #73248A #8A4024 #3B8A24

split-complementary

#246E8A #8A243B #8A7324

monochromatic

#0B2129 #174759 #246E8A #3195BB #56B0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#246E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#246E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #246E8A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##246E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##246E8A	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #246e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.083 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97ac',
    500: '#246e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #246e8a;
$custom-light: #6e97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#246e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50585,
    "c": 0.08341,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#246E8A

secondary

#B76E53

accent

#7146E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #246E8A

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

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