#35A9CC#35A9CC

#35A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A9CC
RGB	rgb(53, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -20.37, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 33.86, 233.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0825 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.112 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5507, 33.4893, 62.1798)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A9CC #CC5835

analogous

#35CCA3 #35A9CC #355ECC

triadic

#35A9CC #CC35A9 #A9CC35

tetradic

#35A9CC #A335CC #CC5835 #5ECC35

square

#35A9CC #A335CC #CC5835 #5ECC35

split-complementary

#35A9CC #CC355E #CCA335

monochromatic

#1B596B #27819C #35A9CC #66BED8 #97D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#35A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#35A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A9CC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A9CC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2db',
    500: '#35a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a9cc;
$custom-light: #82c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A9CC

secondary

#D09C8D

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A9CC

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

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