#35A0B9#35A0B9

#35A0B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A0B9
RGB	rgb(53, 160, 185)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -21.83, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 30.77, 224.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.081 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.101 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7923, 29.3986, 50.3628)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A0B9 #B94E35

analogous

#35B990 #35A0B9 #355EB9

triadic

#35A0B9 #B935A0 #A0B935

tetradic

#35A0B9 #9035B9 #B94E35 #5EB935

square

#35A0B9 #9035B9 #B94E35 #5EB935

split-complementary

#35A0B9 #B9355E #B99035

monochromatic

#1A4E5A #277789 #35A0B9 #5BBAD0 #8BCEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#35A0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#35A0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #35A0B9

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A0B9	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 160, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebcce',
    500: '#35a0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a0b9;
$custom-light: #7ebcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A0B9

secondary

#C88F82

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A0B9

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

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