#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
RGBrgb(53, 165, 203)
HSLhsl(195, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.32, -18.59, -28.39)
CIE-LCHlch(63.32, 33.93, 236.77°)
OKLaboklab(67.61% -0.079 -0.0795)
OKLCHoklch(67.61% 0.112 225.2)
XYZxyz(25.6984, 31.9759, 61.3059)
Luminance0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##35A5CB1.002.847.407.40
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4021.001.001.00
##0000007.4021.001.001.00

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

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#35A5CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva