#296C9E#296C9E

#296C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.104 H 244.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296C9E
RGB	rgb(41, 108, 158)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, -3.63, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 33.30, 263.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0445 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.104 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4462, 13.6638, 34.3225)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296C9E #9E5B29

analogous

#299E96 #296C9E #29329E

triadic

#296C9E #9E296C #6C9E29

tetradic

#296C9E #96299E #9E5B29 #329E29

square

#296C9E #96299E #9E5B29 #329E29

split-complementary

#296C9E #9E2932 #9E9629

monochromatic

#102A3D #1C4B6D #296C9E #398DCC #69A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#296C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#296C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296C9E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296C9E	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45629D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 108, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.104 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7395bb',
    500: '#296c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296c9e;
$custom-light: #7395bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.641,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51285,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296C9E

secondary

#BF8B64

accent

#8946E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #296C9E

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

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