#35A1CD#35A1CD

#35A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.115 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A1CD
RGB	rgb(53, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -15.79, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 34.98, 243.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0744 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.115 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2280, 30.6514, 62.3325)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A1CD #CD6135

analogous

#35CDAD #35A1CD #3555CD

triadic

#35A1CD #CD35A1 #A1CD35

tetradic

#35A1CD #AD35CD #CD6135 #55CD35

square

#35A1CD #AD35CD #CD6135 #55CD35

split-complementary

#35A1CD #CD3555 #CDAD35

monochromatic

#1B556D #277B9E #35A1CD #66B8D9 #97CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#35A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#35A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A1CD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A1CD	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.115 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcdc',
    500: '#35a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a1cd;
$custom-light: #81bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66747,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A1CD

secondary

#D1A18D

accent

#7244E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A1CD

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

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