#396B8D#396B8D

#396B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.077 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396B8D
RGB	rgb(57, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, -6.18, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 24.56, 255.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0379 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.077 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7510, 13.3073, 27.1434)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396B8D #8D5B39

analogous

#398D85 #396B8D #39418D

triadic

#396B8D #8D396B #6B8D39

tetradic

#396B8D #85398D #8D5B39 #418D39

square

#396B8D #85398D #8D5B39 #418D39

split-complementary

#396B8D #8D3941 #8D8539

monochromatic

#162936 #274A61 #396B8D #4C8CB7 #78A8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#396B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#396B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396B8D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396B8D	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.077 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7795ae',
    500: '#396b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396b8d;
$custom-light: #7795ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50771,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396B8D

secondary

#B28B70

accent

#8856D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396B8D

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

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