#35A9C8#35A9C8

#35A9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A9C8
RGB	rgb(53, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -21.67, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 33.13, 229.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0841 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.109 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0771, 33.2999, 59.6855)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A9C8 #C85435

analogous

#35C89E #35A9C8 #3560C8

triadic

#35A9C8 #C835A9 #A9C835

tetradic

#35A9C8 #9E35C8 #C85435 #60C835

square

#35A9C8 #9E35C8 #C85435 #60C835

split-complementary

#35A9C8 #C83560 #C89E35

monochromatic

#1B5767 #288098 #35A9C8 #64BED6 #95D2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#35A9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#35A9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A9C8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A9C8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2d8',
    500: '#35a9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a9c8;
$custom-light: #81c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68437,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A9C8

secondary

#CE998B

accent

#6746E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A9C8

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

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