#296E9D#296E9D

#296E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.101 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296E9D
RGB	rgb(41, 110, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 29.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, -5.20, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 32.05, 260.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0468 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.101 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5738, 14.0562, 33.9422)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296E9D #9D5829

analogous

#299D92 #296E9D #29349D

triadic

#296E9D #9D296E #6E9D29

tetradic

#296E9D #92299D #9D5829 #349D29

square

#296E9D #92299D #9D5829 #349D29

split-complementary

#296E9D #9D2934 #9D9229

monochromatic

#102A3C #1C4C6C #296E9D #3890CB #69ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#296E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#296E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296E9D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296E9D	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48649C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 110, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.101 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7397ba',
    500: '#296e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296e9d;
$custom-light: #7397ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51717,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296E9D

secondary

#BE8864

accent

#8546E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #296E9D

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

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