#35A6BD#35A6BD

#35A6BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.103 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A6BD
RGB	rgb(53, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -23.65, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 31.58, 221.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0854 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.103 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2858, 31.7006, 52.9731)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A6BD #BD4C35

analogous

#35BD90 #35A6BD #3562BD

triadic

#35A6BD #BD35A6 #A6BD35

tetradic

#35A6BD #9035BD #BD4C35 #62BD35

square

#35A6BD #9035BD #BD4C35 #62BD35

split-complementary

#35A6BD #BD3562 #BD9035

monochromatic

#1A525D #287C8D #35A6BD #5DBED2 #8DD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#35A6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#35A6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A6BD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A6BD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.103 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0d1',
    500: '#35a6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a6bd;
$custom-light: #7fc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6725,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A6BD

secondary

#CA9084

accent

#6248DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A6BD

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

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