#299CAD#299CAD

#299CAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#299CAD
RGB	rgb(41, 156, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -25.13, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 30.83, 215.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.087 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.1 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3425, 27.2630, 43.7172)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#299CAD #AD3A29

analogous

#29AD7C #299CAD #295AAD

triadic

#299CAD #AD299C #9CAD29

tetradic

#299CAD #7C29AD #AD3A29 #5AAD29

square

#299CAD #7C29AD #AD3A29 #5AAD29

split-complementary

#299CAD #AD295A #AD7C29

monochromatic

#12434A #1D6F7C #299CAD #41BFD2 #73D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#299CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#299CAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #299CAD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##299CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##299CAD	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #299cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 156, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c5',
    500: '#299cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #299cad;
$custom-light: #78b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#299cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#299CAD

secondary

#C5786D

accent

#5843E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #299CAD

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

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