#296E8A#296E8A

#296E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.081 H 228.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296E8A
RGB	rgb(41, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, -12.00, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 24.78, 241.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% -0.0536 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.081 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0760, 13.4570, 26.0536)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296E8A #8A4529

analogous

#298A76 #296E8A #293D8A

triadic

#296E8A #8A296E #6E8A29

tetradic

#296E8A #76298A #8A4529 #3D8A29

square

#296E8A #76298A #8A4529 #3D8A29

split-complementary

#296E8A #8A293D #8A7629

monochromatic

#0D232C #1B485B #296E8A #3794B9 #5EAFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#296E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#296E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296E8A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296E8A	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.081 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97ac',
    500: '#296e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296e8a;
$custom-light: #6f97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50739,
    "c": 0.081,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296E8A

secondary

#B5745A

accent

#754ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296E8A

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

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