#2996B3#2996B3

#2996B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2996B3
RGB	rgb(41, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -20.05, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 31.08, 229.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0786 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.103 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9541, 25.5364, 46.5164)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2996B3 #B34629

analogous

#29B38B #2996B3 #2951B3

triadic

#2996B3 #B32996 #96B329

tetradic

#2996B3 #8B29B3 #B34629 #51B329

square

#2996B3 #8B29B3 #B34629 #51B329

split-complementary

#2996B3 #B32951 #B38B29

monochromatic

#12434F #1E6C81 #2996B3 #45B6D4 #77CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2996B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#2996B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2996B3

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2996B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2996B3	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2996b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c9',
    500: '#2996b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2996b3;
$custom-light: #79b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2996b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62629,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2996B3

secondary

#C78370

accent

#6442E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2996B3

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

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