#35A6CD#35A6CD

#35A6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.113 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A6CD
RGB	rgb(53, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -18.46, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 34.31, 237.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0792 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.113 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1193, 32.4340, 62.6296)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A6CD #CD5C35

analogous

#35CDA8 #35A6CD #355ACD

triadic

#35A6CD #CD35A6 #A6CD35

tetradic

#35A6CD #A835CD #CD5C35 #5ACD35

square

#35A6CD #A835CD #CD5C35 #5ACD35

split-complementary

#35A6CD #CD355A #CDA835

monochromatic

#1B586D #277F9E #35A6CD #66BCD9 #97D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#35A6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#35A6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A6CD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A6CD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.113 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0dc',
    500: '#35a6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a6cd;
$custom-light: #81c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.395,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67937,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A6CD

secondary

#D19E8D

accent

#6D44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A6CD

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

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