#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
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -19.52, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 34.13, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0812 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.113 224)
XYZ	xyz(26.4857, 33.1668, 62.7517)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##35A8CD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8CD

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

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