#396D8E#396D8E

#396D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.077 H 238.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396D8E
RGB	rgb(57, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -7.04, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 24.37, 253.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% -0.0399 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.077 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0366, 13.7590, 27.6074)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396D8E #8E5A39

analogous

#398E85 #396D8E #39438E

triadic

#396D8E #8E396D #6D8E39

tetradic

#396D8E #85398E #8E5A39 #438E39

square

#396D8E #85398E #8E5A39 #438E39

split-complementary

#396D8E #8E3943 #8E8539

monochromatic

#162A37 #274B62 #396D8E #4D8EB7 #78AAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#396D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#396D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396D8E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396D8E	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.077 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7796af',
    500: '#396d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396d8e;
$custom-light: #7796af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.294,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5131,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396D8E

secondary

#B28A71

accent

#8655D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396D8E

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

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