#296D9F#296D9F

#296D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.104 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296D9F
RGB	rgb(41, 109, 159)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, -3.86, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 33.36, 263.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0452 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.104 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6387, 13.9105, 34.8131)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296D9F #9F5B29

analogous

#299F96 #296D9F #29329F

triadic

#296D9F #9F296D #6D9F29

tetradic

#296D9F #96299F #9F5B29 #329F29

square

#296D9F #96299F #9F5B29 #329F29

split-complementary

#296D9F #9F2932 #9F9629

monochromatic

#102A3E #1C4C6E #296D9F #398ECC #6AAAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#296D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#296D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296D9F

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296D9F	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 109, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.104 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7396bb',
    500: '#296d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296d9f;
$custom-light: #7396bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51584,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296D9F

secondary

#BF8B65

accent

#8846E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #296D9F

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

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