#35A8CE#35A8CE

#35A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.114 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8CE
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -19.19, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 34.35, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0808 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.114 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6068, 33.2152, 63.3895)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8CE #CE5B35

analogous

#35CEA7 #35A8CE #355BCE

triadic

#35A8CE #CE35A8 #A8CE35

tetradic

#35A8CE #A735CE #CE5B35 #5BCE35

square

#35A8CE #A735CE #CE5B35 #5BCE35

split-complementary

#35A8CE #CE355B #CEA735

monochromatic

#1B596E #27819F #35A8CE #66BDDA #98D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#35A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#35A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8CE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8CE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.114 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dd',
    500: '#35a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8ce;
$custom-light: #82c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68458,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8CE

secondary

#D19E8D

accent

#6C44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8CE

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

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