#396D8F#396D8F

#396D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.078 H 239.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396D8F
RGB	rgb(57, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, -6.70, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 24.79, 254.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% -0.0396 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.078 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1121, 13.7892, 28.0046)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396D8F #8F5B39

analogous

#398F86 #396D8F #39428F

triadic

#396D8F #8F396D #6D8F39

tetradic

#396D8F #86398F #8F5B39 #428F39

square

#396D8F #86398F #8F5B39 #428F39

split-complementary

#396D8F #8F3942 #8F8639

monochromatic

#162A37 #284C63 #396D8F #4D8EB8 #79AACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#396D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#396D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396D8F

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396D8F	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.078 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7796b0',
    500: '#396d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396d8f;
$custom-light: #7796b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51359,
    "c": 0.07767,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396D8F

secondary

#B38B71

accent

#8755D3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396D8F

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

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