#357E8B#357E8B

#357E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.074 H 211.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#357E8B
RGB	rgb(53, 126, 139)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, -18.45, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 23.06, 216.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% -0.0637 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.074 211)
XYZ	xyz(13.5873, 17.5413, 27.0908)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#357E8B #8B4235

analogous

#358B6D #357E8B #35538B

triadic

#357E8B #8B357E #7E8B35

tetradic

#357E8B #6D358B #8B4235 #538B35

square

#357E8B #6D358B #8B4235 #538B35

split-complementary

#357E8B #8B3553 #8B6D35

monochromatic

#132E32 #24565F #357E8B #46A6B7 #71BCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#357E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#357E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #357E8B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##357E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##357E8B	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #357e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 126, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.074 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a3ac',
    500: '#357e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #357e8b;
$custom-light: #76a3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#357e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.07,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5526,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.17543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#357E8B

secondary

#B1756A

accent

#6753D4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #357E8B

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

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