#357EAE#357EAE

#357EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.103 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#357EAE
RGB	rgb(53, 126, 174)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 27.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, -6.80, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 32.76, 258.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% -0.0503 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.103 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5661, 18.7328, 42.7789)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#357EAE #AE6535

analogous

#35AEA2 #357EAE #3541AE

triadic

#357EAE #AE357E #7EAE35

tetradic

#357EAE #A235AE #AE6535 #41AE35

square

#357EAE #A235AE #AE6535 #41AE35

split-complementary

#357EAE #AE3541 #AEA235

monochromatic

#183A50 #275C7F #357EAE #559CCB #84B8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#357EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#357EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #357EAE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##357EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##357EAE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #357eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 126, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.103 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba3c6',
    500: '#357eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #357eae;
$custom-light: #7ba3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#357eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.802,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56883,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#357EAE

secondary

#C3987C

accent

#854BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF3F8

border

#CACDD1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #357EAE

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

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