#296A8E#296A8E

#296A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.087 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296A8E
RGB	rgb(41, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, -8.25, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 27.04, 252.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% -0.0478 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.087 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9491, 12.7313, 27.4663)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296A8E #8E4D29

analogous

#298E7F #296A8E #29378E

triadic

#296A8E #8E296A #6A8E29

tetradic

#296A8E #7F298E #8E4D29 #378E29

square

#296A8E #7F298E #8E4D29 #378E29

split-complementary

#296A8E #8E2937 #8E7F29

monochromatic

#0E232F #1B475F #296A8E #378DBD #60A9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#296A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#296A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296A8E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296A8E	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.087 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094af',
    500: '#296a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296a8e;
$custom-light: #7094af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.386,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49931,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296A8E

secondary

#B77C5C

accent

#7E49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296A8E

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

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