#35A9CA#35A9CA

#35A9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A9CA
RGB	rgb(53, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -21.02, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 33.47, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0833 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.111 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3124, 33.3940, 60.9246)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A9CA #CA5635

analogous

#35CAA1 #35A9CA #355ECA

triadic

#35A9CA #CA35A9 #A9CA35

tetradic

#35A9CA #A135CA #CA5635 #5ECA35

square

#35A9CA #A135CA #CA5635 #5ECA35

split-complementary

#35A9CA #CA355E #CAA135

monochromatic

#1C5869 #28809A #35A9CA #65BED7 #96D2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#35A9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#35A9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A9CA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A9CA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2da',
    500: '#35a9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a9ca;
$custom-light: #81c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.289,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68522,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A9CA

secondary

#CF9B8C

accent

#6946E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A9CA

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

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