#35A5C5#35A5C5

#35A5C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.108 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5C5
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 197)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -20.56, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 32.68, 231.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0813 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.108 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9972, 31.6954, 57.6129)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5C5 #C55535

analogous

#35C59D #35A5C5 #355DC5

triadic

#35A5C5 #C535A5 #A5C535

tetradic

#35A5C5 #9D35C5 #C55535 #5DC535

square

#35A5C5 #9D35C5 #C55535 #5DC535

split-complementary

#35A5C5 #C5355D #C59D35

monochromatic

#1B5465 #287D95 #35A5C5 #62BBD5 #93D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#35A5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#35A5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5C5

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5C5	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)

#92A1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.108 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd6',
    500: '#35a5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5c5;
$custom-light: #80bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67345,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5C5

secondary

#CD9889

accent

#6947E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5C5

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

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