#35A5D9#35A5D9

#35A5D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#35A5D9
RGBrgb(53, 165, 217)
HSLhsl(199, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(199, 76%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(75.6%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(63.90, -13.91, -35.27)
CIE-LCHlch(63.90, 37.91, 248.48°)
OKLaboklab(68.26% -0.074 -0.0993)
OKLCHoklch(68.26% 0.124 233.3)
XYZxyz(27.4427, 32.6736, 70.4925)
Luminance0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#35A5D9 #D96935
analogous
#35D9BB #35A5D9 #3553D9
triadic
#35A5D9 #D935A5 #A5D935
tetradic
#35A5D9 #BB35D9 #D96935 #53D935
square
#35A5D9 #BB35D9 #D96935 #53D935
split-complementary
#35A5D9 #D93553 #D9BB35
monochromatic
#175C7C #2183B0 #35A5D9 #69BCE3 #9CD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#35A5D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54
#35A5D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5D9
7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##35A5D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##35A5D91.002.797.547.54
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5421.001.001.00
##0000007.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA4DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7594D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #35a5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 233.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfe5',
    500: '#35a5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #35a5d9;
$custom-light: #83bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#35a5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68255,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#35A5D9
secondary
#D8A891
accent
#743DEB
background
#F8FBFE
surface
#F0F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8184

Preview Lab

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#35A5D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva