#35A2CD#35A2CD

#35A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.115 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A2CD
RGB	rgb(53, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -16.33, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 34.82, 242.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0754 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.115 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4035, 31.0023, 62.3910)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A2CD #CD6035

analogous

#35CDAC #35A2CD #3556CD

triadic

#35A2CD #CD35A2 #A2CD35

tetradic

#35A2CD #AC35CD #CD6035 #56CD35

square

#35A2CD #AC35CD #CD6035 #56CD35

split-complementary

#35A2CD #CD3556 #CDAC35

monochromatic

#1B566D #277C9E #35A2CD #66B9D9 #97CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#35A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#35A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A2CD

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A2CD	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.115 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bddc',
    500: '#35a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a2cd;
$custom-light: #81bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66984,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A2CD

secondary

#D1A08D

accent

#7144E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A2CD

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

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