#35A5CC#35A5CC

#35A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.113 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5CC
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -18.26, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 34.17, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0786 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.113 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8179, 32.0237, 61.9355)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5CC #CC5C35

analogous

#35CCA8 #35A5CC #3559CC

triadic

#35A5CC #CC35A5 #A5CC35

tetradic

#35A5CC #A835CC #CC5C35 #59CC35

square

#35A5CC #A835CC #CC5C35 #59CC35

split-complementary

#35A5CC #CC3559 #CCA835

monochromatic

#1B576B #277E9C #35A5CC #66BBD8 #97D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#35A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#35A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5CC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5CC	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.113 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdb',
    500: '#35a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5cc;
$custom-light: #81bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67653,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5CC

secondary

#D09E8D

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5CC

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

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