#35A8CC#35A8CC

#35A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8CC
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -19.85, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 33.91, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0816 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.112 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3654, 33.1187, 62.1180)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8CC #CC5935

analogous

#35CCA5 #35A8CC #355CCC

triadic

#35A8CC #CC35A8 #A8CC35

tetradic

#35A8CC #A535CC #CC5935 #5CCC35

square

#35A8CC #A535CC #CC5935 #5CCC35

split-complementary

#35A8CC #CC355C #CCA535

monochromatic

#1B586B #27809C #35A8CC #66BDD8 #97D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#35A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#35A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8CC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8CC	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2db',
    500: '#35a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8cc;
$custom-light: #81c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6837,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8CC

secondary

#D09D8D

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8CC

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

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