#246E8B#246E8B

#246E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.084 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#246E8B
RGB	rgb(36, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, -12.42, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 25.64, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% -0.056 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.084 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9618, 13.3897, 26.4278)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#246E8B #8B4124

analogous

#248B75 #246E8B #243B8B

triadic

#246E8B #8B246E #6E8B24

tetradic

#246E8B #75248B #8B4124 #3B8B24

square

#246E8B #75248B #8B4124 #3B8B24

split-complementary

#246E8B #8B243B #8B7524

monochromatic

#0B212A #17485A #246E8B #3194BC #56B0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#246E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#246E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #246E8B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##246E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##246E8B	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #246e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.084 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97ad',
    500: '#246e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #246e8b;
$custom-light: #6e97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#246e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50634,
    "c": 0.08427,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#246E8B

secondary

#B77053

accent

#7246E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #246E8B

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

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