#396F8E#396F8E

#396F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.075 H 235.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#396F8E
RGB	rgb(57, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, -8.22, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 23.84, 249.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% -0.0423 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.076 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2524, 14.1906, 27.6793)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#396F8E #8E5839

analogous

#398E83 #396F8E #39458E

triadic

#396F8E #8E396F #6F8E39

tetradic

#396F8E #83398E #8E5839 #458E39

square

#396F8E #83398E #8E5839 #458E39

split-complementary

#396F8E #8E3945 #8E8339

monochromatic

#162B37 #274D62 #396F8E #4D91B7 #78ACC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#396F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#396F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #396F8E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##396F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##396F8E	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55658E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #396f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.075 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7798af',
    500: '#396f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #396f8e;
$custom-light: #7798af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#396f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.882,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51802,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#396F8E

secondary

#B28971

accent

#8355D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #396F8E

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

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