#35A5CD#35A5CD

#35A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5CD
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -17.93, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 34.42, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0783 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.114 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9383, 32.0719, 62.5692)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5CD #CD5D35

analogous

#35CDA9 #35A5CD #3559CD

triadic

#35A5CD #CD35A5 #A5CD35

tetradic

#35A5CD #A935CD #CD5D35 #59CD35

square

#35A5CD #A935CD #CD5D35 #59CD35

split-complementary

#35A5CD #CD3559 #CDA935

monochromatic

#1B576D #277F9E #35A5CD #66BBD9 #97D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#35A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#35A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5CD

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5CD	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdc',
    500: '#35a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5cd;
$custom-light: #81bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67698,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5CD

secondary

#D19F8D

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5CD

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

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