#35A3CC#35A3CC

#35A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.113 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A3CC
RGB	rgb(53, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -17.20, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 34.41, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0767 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.113 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4600, 31.3079, 61.8162)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A3CC #CC5E35

analogous

#35CCA9 #35A3CC #3558CC

triadic

#35A3CC #CC35A3 #A3CC35

tetradic

#35A3CC #A935CC #CC5E35 #58CC35

square

#35A3CC #A935CC #CC5E35 #58CC35

split-complementary

#35A3CC #CC3558 #CCA935

monochromatic

#1B566B #277D9C #35A3CC #66B9D8 #97D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#35A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#35A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A3CC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A3CC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.113 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bedb',
    500: '#35a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a3cc;
$custom-light: #81bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67176,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A3CC

secondary

#D09F8D

accent

#7045E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A3CC

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

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