#35A4CD#35A4CD

#35A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.114 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4CD
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -17.40, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 34.54, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0773 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.114 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7586, 31.7125, 62.5093)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4CD #CD5E35

analogous

#35CDAA #35A4CD #3558CD

triadic

#35A4CD #CD35A4 #A4CD35

tetradic

#35A4CD #AA35CD #CD5E35 #58CD35

square

#35A4CD #AA35CD #CD5E35 #58CD35

split-complementary

#35A4CD #CD3558 #CDAA35

monochromatic

#1B576D #277E9E #35A4CD #66BAD9 #97D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#35A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#35A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4CD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4CD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.114 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdc',
    500: '#35a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4cd;
$custom-light: #81bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4CD

secondary

#D19F8D

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4CD

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

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