#357EA5#357EA5

#357EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.094 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#357EA5
RGB	rgb(53, 126, 165)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, -9.91, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 29.19, 250.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% -0.0534 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.094 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7179, 18.3935, 38.3120)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#357EA5 #A55C35

analogous

#35A594 #357EA5 #3546A5

triadic

#357EA5 #A5357E #7EA535

tetradic

#357EA5 #9435A5 #A55C35 #46A535

square

#357EA5 #9435A5 #A55C35 #46A535

split-complementary

#357EA5 #A53546 #A59435

monochromatic

#173748 #265B77 #357EA5 #509EC7 #7FB7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#357EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#357EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #357EA5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##357EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##357EA5	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #357ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 126, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.094 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a3c0',
    500: '#357ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #357ea5;
$custom-light: #79a3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#357ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5643,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#357EA5

secondary

#BF9077

accent

#7E4DDB

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F7

border

#C9CDD0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #357EA5

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

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