#356E8B#356E8B

#356E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.075 H 233.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#356E8B
RGB	rgb(53, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -9.46, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 23.52, 246.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0453 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.075 233)
XYZ	xyz(11.7025, 13.7717, 26.4626)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#356E8B #8B5235

analogous

#358B7D #356E8B #35438B

triadic

#356E8B #8B356E #6E8B35

tetradic

#356E8B #7D358B #8B5235 #438B35

square

#356E8B #7D358B #8B5235 #438B35

split-complementary

#356E8B #8B3543 #8B7D35

monochromatic

#132832 #244B5F #356E8B #4691B7 #71ABC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#356E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#356E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #356E8B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##356E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##356E8B	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #356e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.075 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7597ad',
    500: '#356e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #356e8b;
$custom-light: #7597ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#356e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51237,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#356E8B

secondary

#B1826A

accent

#7F53D4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #356E8B

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

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