#296D9B#296D9B

#296D9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.099 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296D9B
RGB	rgb(41, 109, 155)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, -5.33, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 31.53, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% -0.0465 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.099 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2972, 13.7739, 33.0145)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296D9B #9B5729

analogous

#299B90 #296D9B #29349B

triadic

#296D9B #9B296D #6D9B29

tetradic

#296D9B #90299B #9B5729 #349B29

square

#296D9B #90299B #9B5729 #349B29

split-complementary

#296D9B #9B2934 #9B9029

monochromatic

#0F293A #1C4B6B #296D9B #378FCA #67AAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#296D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#296D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296D9B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296D9B	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 109, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.099 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296b8',
    500: '#296d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296d9b;
$custom-light: #7296b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51363,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296D9B

secondary

#BD8763

accent

#8546E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #296D9B

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

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