#35A0CC#35A0CC

#35A0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A0CC
RGB	rgb(53, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -15.59, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 34.86, 243.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0738 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.115 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9337, 30.2552, 61.6408)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A0CC #CC6135

analogous

#35CCAC #35A0CC #3555CC

triadic

#35A0CC #CC35A0 #A0CC35

tetradic

#35A0CC #AC35CC #CC6135 #55CC35

square

#35A0CC #AC35CC #CC6135 #55CC35

split-complementary

#35A0CC #CC3555 #CCAC35

monochromatic

#1B546B #277A9C #35A0CC #66B7D8 #97CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#35A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#35A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A0CC

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A0CC	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcdb',
    500: '#35a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a0cc;
$custom-light: #81bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66463,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A0CC

secondary

#D0A08D

accent

#7345E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A0CC

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

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