#2996B6#2996B6

#2996B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2996B6
RGB	rgb(41, 150, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -19.04, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 31.64, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0775 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.105 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2608, 25.6590, 48.1318)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2996B6 #B64929

analogous

#29B68F #2996B6 #294FB6

triadic

#2996B6 #B62996 #96B629

tetradic

#2996B6 #8F29B6 #B64929 #4FB629

square

#2996B6 #8F29B6 #B64929 #4FB629

split-complementary

#2996B6 #B6294F #B68F29

monochromatic

#124452 #1E6D84 #2996B6 #47B5D5 #79C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2996B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#2996B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2996B6

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2996B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2996B6	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8392B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7185B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2996b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 150, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5cc',
    500: '#2996b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2996b6;
$custom-light: #79b5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2996b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.617,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62763,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2996B6

secondary

#C98672

accent

#6742E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2996B6

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

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