#35A8BF#35A8BF

#35A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8BF
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -24.03, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 31.93, 221.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0866 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.105 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8708, 32.5208, 54.2465)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8BF #BF4C35

analogous

#35BF91 #35A8BF #3563BF

triadic

#35A8BF #BF35A8 #A8BF35

tetradic

#35A8BF #9135BF #BF4C35 #63BF35

square

#35A8BF #9135BF #BF4C35 #63BF35

split-complementary

#35A8BF #BF3563 #BF9135

monochromatic

#1A545F #287E8F #35A8BF #5FBFD3 #8FD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#35A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#35A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8BF

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8BF	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)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d2',
    500: '#35a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8bf;
$custom-light: #80c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8BF

secondary

#CA9185

accent

#6148E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8BF

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

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