#396D8A#396D8A

#396D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.072 H 235.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396D8A
RGB	rgb(57, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, -8.37, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 22.80, 248.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% -0.0414 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.072 235)
XYZ	xyz(11.7417, 13.6410, 26.0540)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396D8A #8A5639

analogous

#398A7E #396D8A #39458A

triadic

#396D8A #8A396D #6D8A39

tetradic

#396D8A #7E398A #8A5639 #458A39

square

#396D8A #7E398A #8A5639 #458A39

split-complementary

#396D8A #8A3945 #8A7E39

monochromatic

#152933 #274B5F #396D8A #4B8FB5 #77AAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#396D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#396D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396D8A

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396D8A	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.072 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7696ac',
    500: '#396d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396d8a;
$custom-light: #7696ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.481,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51117,
    "c": 0.07227,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.13642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396D8A

secondary

#B0866F

accent

#8256D1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396D8A

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

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