#396ea4

Color #396ea4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.54 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#396ea4

RGB

rgb(57, 110, 164)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 48.4%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 65.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(45.22, -0.07, -34.28)

LCH

lch(45.22, 34.28, 269.88)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.1028, 250.74)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 22.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a46f39

Analogous

#39a3a4

#396ea4

#3a39a4

Triadic

#396ea4

#a4396e

#6ea439

Split-complementary

#396ea4

#a43a39

#a3a439

Tetradic

#396ea4

#6f39a4

#a46f39

#6ea439

Square

#396ea4

#a439a3

#a46f39

#39a43a

Shades

Color #396ea4 mixed toward black.

#2f5c89

#26496d

#1c3752

#132537

#09121b

Tints

Color #396ea4 mixed toward white.

#4c86c1

#709ecd

#94b6da

#b7cfe6

#dbe7f3

Tones

Color #396ea4 mixed toward gray.

#426e9b

#4b6e92

#546e89

#5d6e80

#666e77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.94:1

White text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555599 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#524e96 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#3d908e · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #396ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#396ea4]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#396ea4 (#396ea4) is rgb(57, 110, 164) in RGB.

No, #396ea4 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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