#35A0BD#35A0BD

#35A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.103 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A0BD
RGB	rgb(53, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -20.54, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 31.36, 229.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0794 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.103 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2205, 29.5699, 52.6180)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A0BD #BD5235

analogous

#35BD96 #35A0BD #355CBD

triadic

#35A0BD #BD35A0 #A0BD35

tetradic

#35A0BD #9635BD #BD5235 #5CBD35

square

#35A0BD #9635BD #BD5235 #5CBD35

split-complementary

#35A0BD #BD355C #BD9635

monochromatic

#1A4F5D #28788D #35A0BD #5DB9D2 #8DCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#35A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#35A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #35A0BD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A0BD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.103 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcd1',
    500: '#35a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a0bd;
$custom-light: #7fbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65792,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A0BD

secondary

#CA9384

accent

#6948DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A0BD

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

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