#35A4CC#35A4CC

#35A4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.113 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4CC
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -17.73, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 34.28, 238.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0777 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.113 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6383, 31.6644, 61.8756)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4CC #CC5D35

analogous

#35CCA8 #35A4CC #3558CC

triadic

#35A4CC #CC35A4 #A4CC35

tetradic

#35A4CC #A835CC #CC5D35 #58CC35

square

#35A4CC #A835CC #CC5D35 #58CC35

split-complementary

#35A4CC #CC3558 #CCA835

monochromatic

#1B566B #277D9C #35A4CC #66BAD8 #97D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#35A4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#35A4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4CC

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4CC	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.113 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdb',
    500: '#35a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4cc;
$custom-light: #81bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67415,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4CC

secondary

#D09F8D

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4CC

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

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