#296E8B#296E8B

#296E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.082 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296E8B
RGB	rgb(41, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, -11.65, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 25.08, 242.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% -0.0533 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.082 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1487, 13.4861, 26.4366)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296E8B #8B4629

analogous

#298B77 #296E8B #293D8B

triadic

#296E8B #8B296E #6E8B29

tetradic

#296E8B #77298B #8B4629 #3D8B29

square

#296E8B #77298B #8B4629 #3D8B29

split-complementary

#296E8B #8B293D #8B7729

monochromatic

#0D232C #1B495C #296E8B #3793BA #5FAED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#296E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#296E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296E8B

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296E8B	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.082 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097ad',
    500: '#296e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296e8b;
$custom-light: #7097ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50788,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296E8B

secondary

#B5755B

accent

#764ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296E8B

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

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