#35A8DA#35A8DA

#35A8DA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8DA
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -15.19, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 37.59, 246.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0765 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.123 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1206, 33.8207, 71.3621)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8DA #DA6735

analogous

#35DABA #35A8DA #3555DA

triadic

#35A8DA #DA35A8 #A8DA35

tetradic

#35A8DA #BA35DA #DA6735 #55DA35

square

#35A8DA #BA35DA #DA6735 #55DA35

split-complementary

#35A8DA #DA3555 #DABA35

monochromatic

#175F7E #2085B1 #35A8DA #69BEE3 #9CD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#35A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#35A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8DA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8DA	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1e5',
    500: '#35a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8da;
$custom-light: #84c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69006,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8DA

secondary

#D9A792

accent

#713CEC

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8DA

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

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