#396b8a

Color #396b8a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.07 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#396b8a

RGB

rgb(57, 107, 138)

HSL

hsl(203, 41.5%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203, 58.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(43.09, -7.19, -22.17)

LCH

lch(43.09, 23.31, 252.03)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.0732, 237.83)

HWB

hwb(203, 22.4%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a5839

Analogous

#398a80

#396b8a

#39428a

Triadic

#396b8a

#8a396b

#6b8a39

Split-complementary

#396b8a

#8a3942

#8a8039

Tetradic

#396b8a

#58398a

#8a5839

#6b8a39

Square

#396b8a

#80398a

#8a5839

#428a39

Shades

Color #396b8a mixed toward black.

#2f5973

#26475c

#1c3545

#13242e

#091217

Tints

Color #396b8a mixed toward white.

#4888af

#6aa0c2

#90b8d1

#b5d0e0

#dae7f0

Tones

Color #396b8a mixed toward gray.

#406983

#46687c

#4d6676

#54656f

#5b6368

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.64:1

White text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535483 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#504c82 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#3d7e7c · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #396b8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#396b8a]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#396b8a (#396b8a) is rgb(57, 107, 138) in RGB.

No, #396b8a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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