#35A4BD#35A4BD

#35A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4BD
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -22.62, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 31.45, 224.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0834 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.103 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9251, 30.9791, 52.8529)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4BD #BD4E35

analogous

#35BD92 #35A4BD #3560BD

triadic

#35A4BD #BD35A4 #A4BD35

tetradic

#35A4BD #9235BD #BD4E35 #60BD35

square

#35A4BD #9235BD #BD4E35 #60BD35

split-complementary

#35A4BD #BD3560 #BD9235

monochromatic

#1A515D #287B8D #35A4BD #5DBCD2 #8DD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#35A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#35A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4BD

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4BD	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)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfd1',
    500: '#35a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4bd;
$custom-light: #7fbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66764,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4BD

secondary

#CA9184

accent

#6448DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4BD

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

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