#396D8D#396D8D

#396D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.075 H 237.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#396D8D
RGBrgb(57, 109, 141)
HSLhsl(203, 42%, 39%)
HSVhsv(203, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(59.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(43.84, -7.37, -22.81)
CIE-LCHlch(43.84, 23.97, 252.09°)
OKLaboklab(51.26% -0.0403 -0.0638)
OKLCHoklch(51.26% 0.075 237.7)
XYZxyz(11.9619, 13.7291, 27.2137)
Luminance0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#396D8D #8D5939
analogous
#398D83 #396D8D #39438D
triadic
#396D8D #8D396D #6D8D39
tetradic
#396D8D #83398D #8D5939 #438D39
square
#396D8D #83398D #8D5939 #438D39
split-complementary
#396D8D #8D3943 #8D8339
monochromatic
#162A36 #274B61 #396D8D #4C8EB7 #78AAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61
#396D8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75
#396D8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396D8D
5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##396D8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##396D8D1.005.613.755.61
#FFFFFF5.611.0021.001.00
#0000003.7521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.611.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E6C8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#53648C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007578
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #396d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.075 237.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7796ae',
    500: '#396d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #396d8d;
$custom-light: #7796ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#396d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51261,
    "c": 0.07546,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#396D8D
secondary
#B28970
accent
#8556D2
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EEF2F4
border
#C9CCCE
text
#090D10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396D8D

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#396D8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva