#35A4C8#35A4C8

#35A4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.110 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4C8
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -19.05, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 33.34, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0792 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.11 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1647, 31.4750, 59.3814)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4C8 #C85935

analogous

#35C8A3 #35A4C8 #355AC8

triadic

#35A4C8 #C835A4 #A4C835

tetradic

#35A4C8 #A335C8 #C85935 #5AC835

square

#35A4C8 #A335C8 #C85935 #5AC835

split-complementary

#35A4C8 #C8355A #C8A335

monochromatic

#1B5567 #287C98 #35A4C8 #64BAD6 #95D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#35A4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#35A4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4C8

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4C8	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.110 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd8',
    500: '#35a4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4c8;
$custom-light: #81bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4C8

secondary

#CE9B8B

accent

#6C46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4C8

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

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