#396E8A#396E8A

#396E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.072 H 233.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396E8A
RGB	rgb(57, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, -8.95, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 22.58, 246.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.0426 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.072 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8490, 13.8556, 26.0898)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396E8A #8A5539

analogous

#398A7D #396E8A #39458A

triadic

#396E8A #8A396E #6E8A39

tetradic

#396E8A #7D398A #8A5539 #458A39

square

#396E8A #7D398A #8A5539 #458A39

split-complementary

#396E8A #8A3945 #8A7D39

monochromatic

#152933 #274B5F #396E8A #4B90B5 #77ABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#396E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#396E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396E8A

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396E8A	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55648A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.072 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7797ac',
    500: '#396e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396e8a;
$custom-light: #7797ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.741,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51365,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396E8A

secondary

#B0856F

accent

#8156D1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396E8A

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

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