#296E8D#296E8D

#296E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.084 H 231.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296E8D
RGB	rgb(41, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, -10.95, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 25.72, 244.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% -0.0525 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.084 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2962, 13.5451, 27.2133)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296E8D #8D4829

analogous

#298D7A #296E8D #293C8D

triadic

#296E8D #8D296E #6E8D29

tetradic

#296E8D #7A298D #8D4829 #3C8D29

square

#296E8D #7A298D #8D4829 #3C8D29

split-complementary

#296E8D #8D293C #8D7A29

monochromatic

#0D242E #1B495E #296E8D #3793BC #60AED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#296E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#296E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296E8D

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296E8D	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.084 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097ae',
    500: '#296e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296e8d;
$custom-light: #7097ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50885,
    "c": 0.08376,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296E8D

secondary

#B6785B

accent

#784ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296E8D

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

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