#396C8E#396C8E

#396C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.077 H 239.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396C8E
RGB	rgb(57, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, -6.44, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 24.67, 254.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% -0.0388 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.077 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9306, 13.5469, 27.5720)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396C8E #8E5B39

analogous

#398E86 #396C8E #39428E

triadic

#396C8E #8E396C #6C8E39

tetradic

#396C8E #86398E #8E5B39 #428E39

square

#396C8E #86398E #8E5B39 #428E39

split-complementary

#396C8E #8E3942 #8E8639

monochromatic

#162A37 #274B62 #396C8E #4D8DB7 #78A9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#396C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#396C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396C8E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396C8E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.077 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7796af',
    500: '#396c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396c8e;
$custom-light: #7796af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51065,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396C8E

secondary

#B28B71

accent

#8755D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396C8E

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

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