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#396cb0 color: Dover Straits

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214°
100%

OKLCH

52.9%
0.121
256°
  • ≈ Denim
  • Blue
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • sky-700
  • Black 31%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text5.32:1 · AALc -82
Black text3.95:1 · Below AALc 28

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About #396cb0

#396cb0 is a soft blue color. In OKLCH it has 52.9% lightness, 0.121 chroma and a hue of 256°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.32:1 contrast and black text 3.95:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Dover Straits (#326ab1). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is sky-700.

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Lighter: #396cb0 mixed with white

  1. 396cb0
  2. 4d7bb9
  3. 6089c1
  4. 7398c9
  5. 86a6d1
  6. 9ab5d9
  7. aec3e1
  8. c2d2e9
  9. d6e1f0
  10. eaf0f8

Darker: #396cb0 mixed with black

  1. 396cb0
  2. 305d99
  3. 284e82
  4. 1f406c
  5. 173256
  6. 102542
  7. 09192e
  8. 040d1c
  9. 01040b
  10. 000001

Calmer: #396cb0 with less saturation

  1. 396cb0
  2. 3f6ca9
  3. 456da3
  4. 4a6d9c
  5. 506d95
  6. 556d8f
  7. 5a6d88
  8. 5e6d81
  9. 636c7a
  10. 676c73