#35A5BF#35A5BF

#35A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5BF
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -22.50, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 31.74, 224.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0836 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.104 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3233, 31.4259, 54.0640)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5BF #BF4F35

analogous

#35BF94 #35A5BF #3560BF

triadic

#35A5BF #BF35A5 #A5BF35

tetradic

#35A5BF #9435BF #BF4F35 #60BF35

square

#35A5BF #9435BF #BF4F35 #60BF35

split-complementary

#35A5BF #BF3560 #BF9435

monochromatic

#1A525F #287C8F #35A5BF #5FBDD3 #8FD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#35A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#35A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5BF

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5BF	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d2',
    500: '#35a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5bf;
$custom-light: #80c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6709,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5BF

secondary

#CA9285

accent

#6548E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5BF

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

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