#296D9D#296D9D

#296D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.102 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296D9D
RGB	rgb(41, 109, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, -4.60, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 32.43, 261.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% -0.0458 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.102 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4665, 13.8416, 33.9064)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296D9D #9D5929

analogous

#299D93 #296D9D #29339D

triadic

#296D9D #9D296D #6D9D29

tetradic

#296D9D #93299D #9D5929 #339D29

square

#296D9D #93299D #9D5929 #339D29

split-complementary

#296D9D #9D2933 #9D9329

monochromatic

#102A3C #1C4B6C #296D9D #388ECB #69AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#296D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#296D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296D9D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296D9D	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 109, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.102 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296ba',
    500: '#296d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296d9d;
$custom-light: #7296ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51473,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296D9D

secondary

#BE8964

accent

#8646E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #296D9D

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

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