#35A4BE#35A4BE

#35A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4BE
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -22.30, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 31.58, 225.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.083 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.104 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0340, 31.0227, 53.4265)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4BE #BE4F35

analogous

#35BE94 #35A4BE #355FBE

triadic

#35A4BE #BE35A4 #A4BE35

tetradic

#35A4BE #9435BE #BE4F35 #5FBE35

square

#35A4BE #9435BE #BE4F35 #5FBE35

split-complementary

#35A4BE #BE355F #BE9435

monochromatic

#1A515E #287B8E #35A4BE #5EBCD2 #8ED0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#35A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#35A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4BE

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4BE	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfd1',
    500: '#35a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4be;
$custom-light: #7fbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4BE

secondary

#CA9285

accent

#6548E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4BE

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

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