#296B8A#296B8A

#296B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.082 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#296B8A
RGBrgb(41, 107, 138)
HSLhsl(199, 54%, 35%)
HSVhsv(199, 70%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(42.49, -10.26, -23.15)
CIE-LCHlch(42.49, 25.32, 246.10°)
OKLaboklab(49.98% -0.0504 -0.0649)
OKLCHoklch(49.98% 0.082 232.2)
XYZxyz(10.7578, 12.8206, 25.9475)
Luminance0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#296B8A #8A4829
analogous
#298A78 #296B8A #293B8A
triadic
#296B8A #8A296B #6B8A29
tetradic
#296B8A #78298A #8A4829 #3B8A29
square
#296B8A #78298A #8A4829 #3B8A29
split-complementary
#296B8A #8A293B #8A7829
monochromatic
#0D222C #1B465B #296B8A #3790B9 #5EABCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89
#296B8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56
#296B8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296B8A
5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##296B8A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##296B8A1.005.893.565.89
#FFFFFF5.891.0021.001.00
#0000003.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C6A8B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4E608A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007375
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #296b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.082 232.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95ac',
    500: '#296b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #296b8a;
$custom-light: #6f95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#296b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4998,
    "c": 0.0822,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#296B8A
secondary
#B5775A
accent
#794ADE
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF1F4
border
#C8CBCE
text
#080D10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

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#296B8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva