#296C8B#296C8B

#296C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.083 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296C8B
RGB	rgb(41, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, -10.49, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 25.45, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% -0.0511 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.083 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9354, 13.0594, 26.3655)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296C8B #8B4829

analogous

#298B79 #296C8B #293B8B

triadic

#296C8B #8B296C #6C8B29

tetradic

#296C8B #79298B #8B4829 #3B8B29

square

#296C8B #79298B #8B4829 #3B8B29

split-complementary

#296C8B #8B293B #8B7929

monochromatic

#0D232C #1B475C #296C8B #3791BA #5FACD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#296C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#296C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296C8B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296C8B	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.083 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ad',
    500: '#296c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296c8b;
$custom-light: #6f96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50282,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296C8B

secondary

#B5775B

accent

#794ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296C8B

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

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