#35A5CA#35A5CA

#35A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5CA
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -18.92, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 33.70, 235.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0794 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.111 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5796, 31.9284, 60.6803)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5CA #CA5A35

analogous

#35CAA4 #35A5CA #355BCA

triadic

#35A5CA #CA35A5 #A5CA35

tetradic

#35A5CA #A435CA #CA5A35 #5BCA35

square

#35A5CA #A435CA #CA5A35 #5BCA35

split-complementary

#35A5CA #CA355B #CAA435

monochromatic

#1C5669 #287D9A #35A5CA #65BBD7 #96D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#35A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#35A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5CA

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5CA	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfda',
    500: '#35a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5ca;
$custom-light: #81bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67564,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5CA

secondary

#CF9D8C

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5CA

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

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