#35A5BD#35A5BD

#35A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.103 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5BD
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -23.13, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 31.51, 222.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.0844 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.103 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1048, 31.3385, 52.9128)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5BD #BD4D35

analogous

#35BD91 #35A5BD #3561BD

triadic

#35A5BD #BD35A5 #A5BD35

tetradic

#35A5BD #9135BD #BD4D35 #61BD35

square

#35A5BD #9135BD #BD4D35 #61BD35

split-complementary

#35A5BD #BD3561 #BD9135

monochromatic

#1A525D #287B8D #35A5BD #5DBDD2 #8DD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#35A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#35A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5BD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5BD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.103 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0d1',
    500: '#35a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5bd;
$custom-light: #7fc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67007,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5BD

secondary

#CA9084

accent

#6348DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5BD

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

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