#35A0CD#35A0CD

#35A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A0CD
RGB	rgb(53, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -15.25, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 35.16, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0734 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.115 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0540, 30.3033, 62.2745)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A0CD #CD6235

analogous

#35CDAE #35A0CD #3554CD

triadic

#35A0CD #CD35A0 #A0CD35

tetradic

#35A0CD #AE35CD #CD6235 #54CD35

square

#35A0CD #AE35CD #CD6235 #54CD35

split-complementary

#35A0CD #CD3554 #CDAE35

monochromatic

#1B546D #277B9E #35A0CD #66B7D9 #97CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#35A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#35A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A0CD

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A0CD	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcdc',
    500: '#35a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a0cd;
$custom-light: #81bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66509,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A0CD

secondary

#D1A18D

accent

#7344E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A0CD

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

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