Information about #296BA8 color

#296BA8 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#296BA8 falls into the Azure Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(41, 107, 168) — 16.1% red, 42% green, 65.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 50 / 24 / 0 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #296BA8 reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of UCLA Blue (#2774AE). Slightly further away sit Mid Blue (#276AB3) and Lochmara (#316EA0).

The recipe behind #296BA8 is rgb(41, 107, 168), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #296BA8 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#296BA8 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#296BA8 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #296BA8

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Mid Blue color link
Mid Blue

#276AB3

Lochmara color link
Lochmara

#316EA0

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Lapis Lazuli color link
Lapis Lazuli

#26619C

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Flat Blue color link
Flat Blue

#3C73A8

Muted Blue color link
Muted Blue

#3B719F

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Fun Blue color link
Fun Blue

#1959A8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#296BA8
  • RGB41, 107, 168
  • CMYK50, 24, 0, 34
  • CSSrgb(41, 107, 168)
  • HSL209°, 61%, 41%
  • HSL Precise208.819°, 60.766%, 40.98%
  • HSV209°, 76%, 66%
  • HSB209°, 76%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.161
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • GLSLvec3(0.161, 0.420, 0.659)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.161, 0.420, 0.659, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.161, 0.420, 0.659)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB16.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB65.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID296BA8
  • DECIMAL ID2714536
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01