#358E8B#358E8B

#358E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.084 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#358E8B
RGB	rgb(53, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -26.76, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 27.48, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0817 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.084 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.7993, 21.9653, 27.8282)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#358E8B #8E3538

analogous

#358E5E #358E8B #35648E

triadic

#358E8B #8B358E #8E8B35

tetradic

#358E8B #5E358E #8E3538 #648E35

square

#358E8B #5E358E #8E3538 #648E35

split-complementary

#358E8B #8E3564 #8E5E35

monochromatic

#143534 #24615F #358E8B #46BAB6 #73CBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#358E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#358E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #358E8B

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##358E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##358E8B	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #358e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.084 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afac',
    500: '#358e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #358e8b;
$custom-light: #78afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#358e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.978,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59339,
    "c": 0.08357,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#358E8B

secondary

#B36C6E

accent

#5257D5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #358E8B

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

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