#296B8E#296B8E

#296B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.086 H 235.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296B8E
RGB	rgb(41, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, -8.84, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 26.77, 250.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0489 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.086 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0527, 12.9386, 27.5008)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296B8E #8E4C29

analogous

#298E7E #296B8E #29388E

triadic

#296B8E #8E296B #6B8E29

tetradic

#296B8E #7E298E #8E4C29 #388E29

square

#296B8E #7E298E #8E4C29 #388E29

split-complementary

#296B8E #8E2938 #8E7E29

monochromatic

#0E232F #1B475F #296B8E #378FBD #60AAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#296B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#296B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296B8E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296B8E	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.086 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095af',
    500: '#296b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296b8e;
$custom-light: #7095af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.792,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50181,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296B8E

secondary

#B77B5C

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296B8E

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

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