#35A5CB#35A5CB

#35A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.112 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5CB
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -18.59, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 33.93, 236.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.079 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.112 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6984, 31.9759, 61.3059)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5CB #CB5B35

analogous

#35CBA6 #35A5CB #355ACB

triadic

#35A5CB #CB35A5 #A5CB35

tetradic

#35A5CB #A635CB #CB5B35 #5ACB35

square

#35A5CB #A635CB #CB5B35 #5ACB35

split-complementary

#35A5CB #CB355A #CBA635

monochromatic

#1B566A #287E9B #35A5CB #66BBD8 #96D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#35A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#35A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5CB

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5CB	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.112 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdb',
    500: '#35a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5cb;
$custom-light: #81bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67608,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5CB

secondary

#CF9D8C

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5CB

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

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