#35A5C8#35A5C8

#35A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5C8
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -19.58, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 33.27, 233.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0801 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.11 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3444, 31.8343, 59.4413)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5C8 #C85835

analogous

#35C8A2 #35A5C8 #355BC8

triadic

#35A5C8 #C835A5 #A5C835

tetradic

#35A5C8 #A235C8 #C85835 #5BC835

square

#35A5C8 #A235C8 #C85835 #5BC835

split-complementary

#35A5C8 #C8355B #C8A235

monochromatic

#1B5567 #287D98 #35A5C8 #64BBD6 #95D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#35A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#35A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5C8

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5C8	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd8',
    500: '#35a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5c8;
$custom-light: #81bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67476,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5C8

secondary

#CE9B8B

accent

#6B46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5C8

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

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