Information about #396686 color

#396686 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#396686 falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(57, 102, 134) — 22.4% red, 40% green, 52.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 30 / 13 / 0 / 47. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #396686 reads as a confidently colored azure and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Wavelength (#3C6886). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ugly Blue (#31668A) and Calypso (#3D7188).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(57, 102, 134)), which gives #396686 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #396686: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #396686 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#396686 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#396686 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #396686

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Wavelength color link
Wavelength

#3C6886

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Teal Blue color link
Teal Blue

#367588

Optimist color link
Optimist

#2B688D

Blue Ashes color link
Blue Ashes

#3B5F78

Ming color link
Ming

#36747D

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#396686
  • RGB57, 102, 134
  • CMYK30, 13, 0, 47
  • CSSrgb(57, 102, 134)
  • HSL205°, 40%, 37%
  • HSL Precise204.935°, 40.314%, 37.451%
  • HSV205°, 57%, 53%
  • HSB205°, 57%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.224
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.525
  • GLSLvec3(0.224, 0.400, 0.525)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.224, 0.400, 0.525, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.224, 0.400, 0.525)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID396686
  • DECIMAL ID3761798
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01