#356C8F#356C8F

#356C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.081 H 239.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#356C8F
RGB	rgb(53, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, -6.93, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 25.57, 254.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% -0.0415 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.081 239)
XYZ	xyz(11.7868, 13.4640, 27.9589)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#356C8F #8F5835

analogous

#358F85 #356C8F #353F8F

triadic

#356C8F #8F356C #6C8F35

tetradic

#356C8F #85358F #8F5835 #3F8F35

square

#356C8F #85358F #8F5835 #3F8F35

split-complementary

#356C8F #8F353F #8F8535

monochromatic

#142936 #244A62 #356C8F #478DBB #73A9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#356C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#356C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #356C8F

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##356C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##356C8F	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #356c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.081 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7596b0',
    500: '#356c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #356c8f;
$custom-light: #7596b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#356c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50937,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.13465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#356C8F

secondary

#B4886C

accent

#8552D6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #356C8F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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