#296D9C#296D9C

#296D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.101 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296D9C
RGB	rgb(41, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, -4.97, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 31.98, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0461 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.101 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3815, 13.8076, 33.4586)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296D9C #9C5829

analogous

#299C91 #296D9C #29339C

triadic

#296D9C #9C296D #6D9C29

tetradic

#296D9C #91299C #9C5829 #339C29

square

#296D9C #91299C #9C5829 #339C29

split-complementary

#296D9C #9C2933 #9C9129

monochromatic

#10293B #1C4B6C #296D9C #388FCB #68AAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#296D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#296D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296D9C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296D9C	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.101 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296b9',
    500: '#296d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296d9c;
$custom-light: #7296b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51418,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296D9C

secondary

#BE8863

accent

#8646E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #296D9C

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

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