#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
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -13.91, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 37.91, 248.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.074 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.124 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4427, 32.6736, 70.4925)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##35A5D9	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #35A5D9

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

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