#35A2C9#35A2C9

#35A2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A2C9
RGB	rgb(53, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -17.66, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 33.76, 238.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0768 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.111 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9268, 30.8117, 59.8805)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A2C9 #C95C35

analogous

#35C9A6 #35A2C9 #3558C9

triadic

#35A2C9 #C935A2 #A2C935

tetradic

#35A2C9 #A635C9 #C95C35 #58C935

square

#35A2C9 #A635C9 #C95C35 #58C935

split-complementary

#35A2C9 #C93558 #C9A635

monochromatic

#1B5468 #287B99 #35A2C9 #65B8D6 #95CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#35A2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#35A2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A2C9

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A2C9	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdd9',
    500: '#35a2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a2c9;
$custom-light: #81bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66802,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A2C9

secondary

#CE9D8B

accent

#6F46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A2C9

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

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