#35A6CE#35A6CE

#35A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.114 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A6CE
RGB	rgb(53, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -18.13, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 34.55, 238.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0789 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.114 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2404, 32.4824, 63.2673)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A6CE #CE5D35

analogous

#35CEA9 #35A6CE #3559CE

triadic

#35A6CE #CE35A6 #A6CE35

tetradic

#35A6CE #A935CE #CE5D35 #59CE35

square

#35A6CE #A935CE #CE5D35 #59CE35

split-complementary

#35A6CE #CE3559 #CEA935

monochromatic

#1B586E #27809F #35A6CE #66BCDA #98D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#35A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#35A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A6CE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A6CE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.114 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0dd',
    500: '#35a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a6ce;
$custom-light: #82c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67981,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A6CE

secondary

#D19F8D

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A6CE

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

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