#35A0CA#35A0CA

#35A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.113 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A0CA
RGB	rgb(53, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -16.26, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 34.29, 241.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0745 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.113 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6953, 30.1599, 60.3856)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A0CA #CA5F35

analogous

#35CAAA #35A0CA #3555CA

triadic

#35A0CA #CA35A0 #A0CA35

tetradic

#35A0CA #AA35CA #CA5F35 #55CA35

square

#35A0CA #AA35CA #CA5F35 #55CA35

split-complementary

#35A0CA #CA3555 #CAAA35

monochromatic

#1C5369 #287A9A #35A0CA #65B7D7 #96CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#35A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#35A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A0CA

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A0CA	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.113 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcda',
    500: '#35a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a0ca;
$custom-light: #81bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6637,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A0CA

secondary

#CF9F8C

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A0CA

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

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