#35A5BE#35A5BE

#35A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5BE
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -22.81, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 31.62, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.084 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.104 216)
XYZ	xyz(24.2137, 31.3820, 53.4864)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5BE #BE4E35

analogous

#35BE93 #35A5BE #3560BE

triadic

#35A5BE #BE35A5 #A5BE35

tetradic

#35A5BE #9335BE #BE4E35 #60BE35

square

#35A5BE #9335BE #BE4E35 #60BE35

split-complementary

#35A5BE #BE3560 #BE9335

monochromatic

#1A525E #287B8E #35A5BE #5EBDD2 #8ED1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#35A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#35A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5BE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5BE	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0d1',
    500: '#35a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5be;
$custom-light: #7fc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67048,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.31385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5BE

secondary

#CA9185

accent

#6448E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5BE

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

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