#35A1C9#35A1C9

#35A1C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.112 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A1C9
RGB	rgb(53, 161, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -17.13, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 33.88, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0759 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.112 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7514, 30.4608, 59.8220)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A1C9 #C95D35

analogous

#35C9A7 #35A1C9 #3557C9

triadic

#35A1C9 #C935A1 #A1C935

tetradic

#35A1C9 #A735C9 #C95D35 #57C935

square

#35A1C9 #A735C9 #C95D35 #57C935

split-complementary

#35A1C9 #C93557 #C9A735

monochromatic

#1B5368 #287A99 #35A1C9 #65B8D6 #95CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#35A1C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#35A1C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A1C9

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A1C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A1C9	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a1c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 161, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.112 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd9',
    500: '#35a1c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a1c9;
$custom-light: #81bcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a1c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66563,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A1C9

secondary

#CE9E8B

accent

#7046E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A1C9

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

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