#296F8D#296F8D

#296F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.083 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#296F8D
RGB	rgb(41, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -11.53, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 25.53, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% -0.0536 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.083 230)
XYZ	xyz(11.4047, 13.7621, 27.2494)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#296F8D #8D4729

analogous

#298D79 #296F8D #293D8D

triadic

#296F8D #8D296F #6F8D29

tetradic

#296F8D #79298D #8D4729 #3D8D29

square

#296F8D #79298D #8D4729 #3D8D29

split-complementary

#296F8D #8D293D #8D7929

monochromatic

#0D242E #1B4A5E #296F8D #3794BC #60AFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#296F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#296F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #296F8D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##296F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##296F8D	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #296f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.083 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098ae',
    500: '#296f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #296f8d;
$custom-light: #7098ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#296f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51138,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.13763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#296F8D

secondary

#B6775B

accent

#764ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #296F8D

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

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