#356E8A#356E8A

#356E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.074 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#356E8A
RGB	rgb(53, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, -9.80, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 23.17, 244.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% -0.0457 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.074 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6298, 13.7426, 26.0795)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#356E8A #8A5135

analogous

#358A7C #356E8A #35438A

triadic

#356E8A #8A356E #6E8A35

tetradic

#356E8A #7C358A #8A5135 #438A35

square

#356E8A #7C358A #8A5135 #438A35

split-complementary

#356E8A #8A3543 #8A7C35

monochromatic

#132832 #244B5E #356E8A #4691B6 #71ACC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#356E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#356E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #356E8A

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##356E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##356E8A	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #356e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.074 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7597ac',
    500: '#356e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #356e8a;
$custom-light: #7597ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#356e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.765,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51189,
    "c": 0.07433,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#356E8A

secondary

#B1816A

accent

#7E54D4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #356E8A

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

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