#356E8F#356E8F

#356E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.079 H 236.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#356E8F
RGB	rgb(53, 110, 143)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, -8.11, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 25.00, 251.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% -0.0438 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.079 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0002, 13.8907, 28.0300)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#356E8F #8F5635

analogous

#358F83 #356E8F #35418F

triadic

#356E8F #8F356E #6E8F35

tetradic

#356E8F #83358F #8F5635 #418F35

square

#356E8F #83358F #8F5635 #418F35

split-complementary

#356E8F #8F3541 #8F8335

monochromatic

#142936 #244C62 #356E8F #4790BB #73ABCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#356E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#356E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #356E8F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##356E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##356E8F	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #356e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 110, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.079 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7597b0',
    500: '#356e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #356e8f;
$custom-light: #7597b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#356e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5143,
    "c": 0.07941,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#356E8F

secondary

#B4866C

accent

#8252D6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #356E8F

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

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