#296A8F#296A8F

#296A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.088 H 237.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296A8F
RGB	rgb(41, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, -7.89, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 27.44, 253.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% -0.0475 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.088 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0245, 12.7614, 27.8635)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296A8F #8F4E29

analogous

#298F81 #296A8F #29378F

triadic

#296A8F #8F296A #6A8F29

tetradic

#296A8F #81298F #8F4E29 #378F29

square

#296A8F #81298F #8F4E29 #378F29

split-complementary

#296A8F #8F2937 #8F8129

monochromatic

#0E2330 #1B475F #296A8F #378DBF #61A9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#296A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#296A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296A8F

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296A8F	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.088 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b0',
    500: '#296a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296a8f;
$custom-light: #7094b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.765,
    "s": 55.435,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49982,
    "c": 0.0879,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296A8F

secondary

#B77D5C

accent

#7F49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296A8F

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

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