#296C8D#296C8D

#296C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.085 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296C8D
RGB	rgb(41, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, -9.78, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 26.15, 248.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.0503 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.085 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0828, 13.1184, 27.1422)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296C8D #8D4A29

analogous

#298D7C #296C8D #293A8D

triadic

#296C8D #8D296C #6C8D29

tetradic

#296C8D #7C298D #8D4A29 #3A8D29

square

#296C8D #7C298D #8D4A29 #3A8D29

split-complementary

#296C8D #8D293A #8D7C29

monochromatic

#0D232E #1B485E #296C8D #3790BC #60ABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#296C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#296C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296C8D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296C8D	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.085 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096ae',
    500: '#296c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296c8d;
$custom-light: #7096ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50381,
    "c": 0.08469,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296C8D

secondary

#B6795B

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296C8D

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

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