#396C9C#396C9C

#396C9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.094 H 248.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396C9C
RGB	rgb(57, 108, 156)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, -1.65, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 31.17, 266.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% -0.0341 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.094 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0484, 13.9940, 33.4595)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396C9C #9C6939

analogous

#399C9B #396C9C #393B9C

triadic

#396C9C #9C396C #6C9C39

tetradic

#396C9C #9B399C #9C6939 #3B9C39

square

#396C9C #9B399C #9C6939 #3B9C39

split-complementary

#396C9C #9C393B #9C9B39

monochromatic

#182E42 #294D6F #396C9C #528BC0 #7FA9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#396C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#396C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396C9C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396C9C	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 108, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.094 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7995b9',
    500: '#396c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396c9c;
$custom-light: #7995b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5179,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396C9C

secondary

#BA9777

accent

#9252D6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF1F6

border

#C9CBD0

text

#0A0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #396C9C

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

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