#35A5CF#35A5CF

#35A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.115 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5CF
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -17.27, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 34.93, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0775 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.115 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1812, 32.1690, 63.8488)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5CF #CF5F35

analogous

#35CFAC #35A5CF #3558CF

triadic

#35A5CF #CF35A5 #A5CF35

tetradic

#35A5CF #AC35CF #CF5F35 #58CF35

square

#35A5CF #AC35CF #CF5F35 #58CF35

split-complementary

#35A5CF #CF3558 #CFAC35

monochromatic

#1A586F #267FA1 #35A5CF #66BBDB #98D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#35A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#35A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5CF

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5CF	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.115 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdd',
    500: '#35a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5cf;
$custom-light: #82bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67789,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5CF

secondary

#D2A08E

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5CF

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

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