#35A8CD#35A8CD

#35A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#35A8CD
RGBrgb(53, 168, 205)
HSLhsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.30, -19.52, -28.00)
CIE-LCHlch(64.30, 34.13, 235.12°)
OKLaboklab(68.41% -0.0812 -0.0784)
OKLCHoklch(68.41% 0.113 224)
XYZxyz(26.4857, 33.1668, 62.7517)
Luminance0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#35A8CD #CD5A35
analogous
#35CDA6 #35A8CD #355CCD
triadic
#35A8CD #CD35A8 #A8CD35
tetradic
#35A8CD #A635CD #CD5A35 #5CCD35
square
#35A8CD #A635CD #CD5A35 #5CCD35
split-complementary
#35A8CD #CD355C #CDA635
monochromatic
#1B596D #27819E #35A8CD #66BDD9 #97D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75
#35A8CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63
#35A8CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8CD
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##35A8CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##35A8CD1.002.757.637.63
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6321.001.001.00
##0000007.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A4CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F95CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #35a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 224.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dc',
    500: '#35a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #35a8cd;
$custom-light: #82c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#35a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68414,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.3317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#35A8CD
secondary
#D19E8D
accent
#6B44E3
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

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#35A8CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva