#35A4C9#35A4C9

#35A4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4C9
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -18.72, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 33.56, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0788 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.111 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2819, 31.5219, 59.9989)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4C9 #C95A35

analogous

#35C9A4 #35A4C9 #355AC9

triadic

#35A4C9 #C935A4 #A4C935

tetradic

#35A4C9 #A435C9 #C95A35 #5AC935

square

#35A4C9 #A435C9 #C95A35 #5AC935

split-complementary

#35A4C9 #C9355A #C9A435

monochromatic

#1B5568 #287C99 #35A4C9 #65BAD6 #95D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#35A4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#35A4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4C9

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4C9	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#8FA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd9',
    500: '#35a4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4c9;
$custom-light: #81bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6728,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4C9

secondary

#CE9C8B

accent

#6D46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4C9

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

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