Recognised as Colour
#296F68
- #296F68
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#296F68 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 111, 104 and HSL 174°, 46%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#296F68#296F68
HEX#296F68
RGBrgb(41, 111, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.4353, 0.4078
RGB percentages16.1%, 43.5%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(174, 46.1%, 29.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 63.1%, 43.5%)
CMYK63.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,715,496
CSS custom property--colour: #296F68;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.1284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#D69097
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6F2930
Analogous#296F45, #29536F
Triadic#68296F, #6F6829
Split complementary#6F2953, #6F4529
Tetradic#45296F, #6F2930, #536F29
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R41
G111
B104
Red41 (16.1%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)46.05%
Lightness29.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 29 · G 6F · B 68
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