#396D9D#396D9D

#396D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.095 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396D9D
RGB	rgb(57, 109, 157)
HSL	hsl(209, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, -1.91, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 31.23, 266.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% -0.0349 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.095 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2395, 14.2402, 33.9427)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396D9D #9D6939

analogous

#399D9B #396D9D #393B9D

triadic

#396D9D #9D396D #6D9D39

tetradic

#396D9D #9B399D #9D6939 #3B9D39

square

#396D9D #9B399D #9D6939 #3B9D39

split-complementary

#396D9D #9D393B #9D9B39

monochromatic

#182F43 #294E70 #396D9D #538CC0 #80AAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#396D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#396D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396D9D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396D9D	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B659C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 109, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.095 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7996ba',
    500: '#396d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396d9d;
$custom-light: #7996ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52082,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396D9D

secondary

#BA9878

accent

#9151D6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #396D9D

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

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