#35A5C9#35A5C9

#35A5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5C9
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -19.25, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 33.48, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0798 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.111 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4616, 31.8812, 60.0588)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5C9 #C95935

analogous

#35C9A3 #35A5C9 #355BC9

triadic

#35A5C9 #C935A5 #A5C935

tetradic

#35A5C9 #A335C9 #C95935 #5BC935

square

#35A5C9 #A335C9 #C95935 #5BC935

split-complementary

#35A5C9 #C9355B #C9A335

monochromatic

#1B5568 #287D99 #35A5C9 #65BBD6 #95D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#35A5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#35A5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5C9

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5C9	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd9',
    500: '#35a5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5c9;
$custom-light: #81bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6752,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5C9

secondary

#CE9C8B

accent

#6C46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5C9

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

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