#35A5C6#35A5C6

#35A5C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5C6
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 198)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -20.23, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 32.87, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0809 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.109 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1121, 31.7414, 58.2183)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5C6 #C65635

analogous

#35C69F #35A5C6 #355DC6

triadic

#35A5C6 #C635A5 #A5C635

tetradic

#35A5C6 #9F35C6 #C65635 #5DC635

square

#35A5C6 #9F35C6 #C65635 #5DC635

split-complementary

#35A5C6 #C6355D #C69F35

monochromatic

#1B5565 #287D96 #35A5C6 #63BBD5 #93D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#35A5C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#35A5C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5C6

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5C6	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd7',
    500: '#35a5c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5c6;
$custom-light: #80bfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67388,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5C6

secondary

#CD998A

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5C6

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

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