#357DAE#357DAE

#357DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.104 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#357DAE
RGB	rgb(53, 125, 174)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 28.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -6.21, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 33.11, 259.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.0493 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.104 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4389, 18.4783, 42.7365)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#357DAE #AE6635

analogous

#35AEA3 #357DAE #3540AE

triadic

#357DAE #AE357D #7DAE35

tetradic

#357DAE #A335AE #AE6635 #40AE35

square

#357DAE #A335AE #AE6635 #40AE35

split-complementary

#357DAE #AE3540 #AEA335

monochromatic

#183A50 #275B7F #357DAE #559BCB #84B7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#357DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#357DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #357DAE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##357DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##357DAE	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5672AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #357dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 125, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.104 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba2c6',
    500: '#357dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #357dae;
$custom-light: #7ba2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#357dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56644,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#357DAE

secondary

#C3997C

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #357DAE

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

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