#35A5BC#35A5BC

#35A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.103 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5BC
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -23.45, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 31.40, 221.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0848 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.103 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9966, 31.2952, 52.3431)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5BC #BC4C35

analogous

#35BC8F #35A5BC #3562BC

triadic

#35A5BC #BC35A5 #A5BC35

tetradic

#35A5BC #8F35BC #BC4C35 #62BC35

square

#35A5BC #8F35BC #BC4C35 #62BC35

split-complementary

#35A5BC #BC3562 #BC8F35

monochromatic

#1A515D #287B8C #35A5BC #5DBDD1 #8DD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#35A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#35A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5BC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5BC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.103 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0d0',
    500: '#35a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5bc;
$custom-light: #7fc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66966,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5BC

secondary

#C98F84

accent

#6248DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5BC

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

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