#296D9E#296D9E

#296D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.103 H 243.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296D9E
RGB	rgb(41, 109, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 31%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, -4.23, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 32.89, 262.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% -0.0455 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.103 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5523, 13.8759, 34.3579)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296D9E #9E5A29

analogous

#299E95 #296D9E #29339E

triadic

#296D9E #9E296D #6D9E29

tetradic

#296D9E #95299E #9E5A29 #339E29

square

#296D9E #95299E #9E5A29 #339E29

split-complementary

#296D9E #9E2933 #9E9529

monochromatic

#102A3D #1C4B6D #296D9E #398ECC #69AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#296D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#296D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296D9E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296D9E	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 109, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.103 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7396bb',
    500: '#296d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296d9e;
$custom-light: #7396bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.128,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51528,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296D9E

secondary

#BF8A64

accent

#8746E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #296D9E

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

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