#35A9C4#35A9C4

#35A9C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.107 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A9C4
RGB	rgb(53, 169, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 13.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -22.95, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 32.54, 225.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0856 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.107 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6158, 33.1153, 57.2557)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A9C4 #C45035

analogous

#35C498 #35A9C4 #3562C4

triadic

#35A9C4 #C435A9 #A9C435

tetradic

#35A9C4 #9835C4 #C45035 #62C435

square

#35A9C4 #9835C4 #C45035 #62C435

split-complementary

#35A9C4 #C43562 #C49835

monochromatic

#1B5664 #287F94 #35A9C4 #62BFD4 #92D2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#35A9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#35A9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A9C4

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A9C4	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)

#97A4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 169, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.107 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2d6',
    500: '#35a9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a9c4;
$custom-light: #81c2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68268,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A9C4

secondary

#CC9588

accent

#6447E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A9C4

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

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