#359E8B#359E8B

#359E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#359E8B
RGB	rgb(53, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -34.46, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 34.48, 178.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0992 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.099 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3530, 27.0727, 28.6794)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#359E8B #9E3548

analogous

#359E57 #359E8B #357D9E

triadic

#359E8B #8B359E #9E8B35

tetradic

#359E8B #57359E #9E3548 #7D9E35

square

#359E8B #57359E #9E3548 #7D9E35

split-complementary

#359E8B #9E357D #9E5735

monochromatic

#16423A #267063 #359E8B #4DC3AE #7BD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#359E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#359E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #359E8B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##359E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##359E8B	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #359e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbac',
    500: '#359e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #359e8b;
$custom-light: #7abbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#359e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63443,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#359E8B

secondary

#BB7380

accent

#4F68D9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #359E8B

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

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