Skip to the color picker
PickShade

#396cb4 color: Dover Straits

Every format, shade and contrast value for #396cb4. Drag the picker to explore nearby colors.

Read as HEX

215°
100%

OKLCH

53.2%
0.126
257°
  • ≈ Denim
  • Blue
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • sky-700
  • Black 29%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text5.28:1 · AALc -81
Black text3.98:1 · Below AALc 28

Shades

From lightest to darkest. Click a shade to use it.

Harmonies

Open as palette

Recent

Colors you stop on or copy appear here. They stay on this device.

About #396cb4

#396cb4 is a soft blue color. In OKLCH it has 53.2% lightness, 0.126 chroma and a hue of 257°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.28:1 contrast and black text 3.98:1, so white text reads better.

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

More medium blue colors

Lighter: #396cb4 mixed with white

  1. 396cb4
  2. 4d7bbc
  3. 6089c4
  4. 7398cc
  5. 86a6d4
  6. 9ab5db
  7. aec4e3
  8. c2d2ea
  9. d6e1f1
  10. eaf0f8

Darker: #396cb4 mixed with black

  1. 396cb4
  2. 305d9c
  3. 284e85
  4. 1f406e
  5. 173258
  6. 102544
  7. 091930
  8. 040d1d
  9. 01040c
  10. 000002

Calmer: #396cb4 with less saturation

  1. 396cb4
  2. 3f6dad
  3. 456da6
  4. 4b6d9f
  5. 506e98
  6. 556e91
  7. 5a6e8a
  8. 5f6d83
  9. 636d7b
  10. 686d74