#396E8D#396E8D

#396E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.075 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396E8D
RGB	rgb(57, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, -7.96, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 23.70, 250.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% -0.0415 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.075 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0692, 13.9437, 27.2495)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396E8D #8D5839

analogous

#398D82 #396E8D #39448D

triadic

#396E8D #8D396E #6E8D39

tetradic

#396E8D #82398D #8D5839 #448D39

square

#396E8D #82398D #8D5839 #448D39

split-complementary

#396E8D #8D3944 #8D8239

monochromatic

#162A36 #274C61 #396E8D #4C90B7 #78ABC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#396E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#396E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396E8D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396E8D	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54658C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.075 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7797ae',
    500: '#396e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396e8d;
$custom-light: #7797ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.143,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51507,
    "c": 0.07494,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396E8D

secondary

#B28870

accent

#8456D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396E8D

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

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