#35A3BD#35A3BD

#35A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A3BD
RGB	rgb(53, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -22.10, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 31.41, 225.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0824 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.103 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7468, 30.6226, 52.7935)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A3BD #BD4F35

analogous

#35BD93 #35A3BD #355FBD

triadic

#35A3BD #BD35A3 #A3BD35

tetradic

#35A3BD #9335BD #BD4F35 #5FBD35

square

#35A3BD #9335BD #BD4F35 #5FBD35

split-complementary

#35A3BD #BD355F #BD9335

monochromatic

#1A515D #287A8D #35A3BD #5DBBD2 #8DCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#35A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#35A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A3BD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A3BD	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	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)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbed1',
    500: '#35a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a3bd;
$custom-light: #7fbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66521,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A3BD

secondary

#CA9184

accent

#6548DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A3BD

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

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