#396C7E#396C7E

#396C7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.062 H 223.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396C7E
RGB	rgb(57, 108, 126)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -11.66, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 19.18, 232.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% -0.045 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.062 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8144, 13.1004, 21.6934)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396C7E #7E4B39

analogous

#397E6D #396C7E #39497E

triadic

#396C7E #7E396C #6C7E39

tetradic

#396C7E #6D397E #7E4B39 #497E39

square

#396C7E #6D397E #7E4B39 #497E39

split-complementary

#396C7E #7E3949 #7E6D39

monochromatic

#13242A #264854 #396C7E #4C90A8 #72ABBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#396C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#396C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396C7E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396C7E	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58627E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#087272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 108, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.062 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7596a3',
    500: '#396c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396c7e;
$custom-light: #7596a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5032,
    "c": 0.0617,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396C7E

secondary

#A87B6A

accent

#785ACE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F3

border

#C8CBCD

text

#090D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396C7E

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

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