#35A3CD#35A3CD

#35A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.114 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A3CD
RGB	rgb(53, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -16.87, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 34.67, 240.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0763 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.114 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5803, 31.3560, 62.4499)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A3CD #CD5F35

analogous

#35CDAB #35A3CD #3557CD

triadic

#35A3CD #CD35A3 #A3CD35

tetradic

#35A3CD #AB35CD #CD5F35 #57CD35

square

#35A3CD #AB35CD #CD5F35 #57CD35

split-complementary

#35A3CD #CD3557 #CDAB35

monochromatic

#1B566D #277D9E #35A3CD #66B9D9 #97D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#35A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#35A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A3CD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A3CD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.114 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bedc',
    500: '#35a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a3cd;
$custom-light: #81bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67222,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A3CD

secondary

#D1A08D

accent

#7044E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A3CD

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

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