#296E9E#296E9E

#296E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.102 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296E9E
RGB	rgb(41, 110, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, -4.84, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 32.50, 261.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% -0.0465 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.102 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6596, 14.0905, 34.3937)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296E9E #9E5929

analogous

#299E94 #296E9E #29349E

triadic

#296E9E #9E296E #6E9E29

tetradic

#296E9E #94299E #9E5929 #349E29

square

#296E9E #94299E #9E5929 #349E29

split-complementary

#296E9E #9E2934 #9E9429

monochromatic

#102A3D #1C4C6D #296E9E #398FCC #69ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#296E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#296E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296E9E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296E9E	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48649D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 110, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.102 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7397bb',
    500: '#296e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296e9e;
$custom-light: #7397bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51772,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296E9E

secondary

#BF8964

accent

#8646E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #296E9E

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

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