#296E9C#296E9C

#296E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.100 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296E9C
RGB	rgb(41, 110, 156)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, -5.57, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 31.60, 259.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% -0.0472 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.1 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4888, 14.0222, 33.4944)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296E9C #9C5729

analogous

#299C90 #296E9C #29349C

triadic

#296E9C #9C296E #6E9C29

tetradic

#296E9C #90299C #9C5729 #349C29

square

#296E9C #90299C #9C5729 #349C29

split-complementary

#296E9C #9C2934 #9C9029

monochromatic

#102A3B #1C4C6C #296E9C #3890CB #68ABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#296E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#296E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296E9C

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296E9C	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 110, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.100 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297b9',
    500: '#296e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296e9c;
$custom-light: #7297b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51662,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296E9C

secondary

#BE8763

accent

#8446E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #296E9C

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

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