#296D8F#296D8F

#296D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.086 H 234.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296D8F
RGB	rgb(41, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, -9.66, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 26.63, 248.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% -0.0507 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.086 234)
XYZ	xyz(11.3391, 13.3906, 27.9683)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296D8F #8F4B29

analogous

#298F7E #296D8F #293A8F

triadic

#296D8F #8F296D #6D8F29

tetradic

#296D8F #7E298F #8F4B29 #3A8F29

square

#296D8F #7E298F #8F4B29 #3A8F29

split-complementary

#296D8F #8F293A #8F7E29

monochromatic

#0E2430 #1B495F #296D8F #3791BF #61ACD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#296D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#296D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296D8F

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296D8F	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.086 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b0',
    500: '#296d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296d8f;
$custom-light: #7096b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.435,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50733,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.13392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296D8F

secondary

#B77B5C

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296D8F

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

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