#35A9CD#35A9CD

#35A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A9CD
RGB	rgb(53, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -20.04, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 34.06, 233.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0822 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.113 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6710, 33.5374, 62.8135)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A9CD #CD5935

analogous

#35CDA5 #35A9CD #355DCD

triadic

#35A9CD #CD35A9 #A9CD35

tetradic

#35A9CD #A535CD #CD5935 #5DCD35

square

#35A9CD #A535CD #CD5935 #5DCD35

split-complementary

#35A9CD #CD355D #CDA535

monochromatic

#1B596D #27829E #35A9CD #66BED9 #97D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#35A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#35A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A9CD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A9CD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dc',
    500: '#35a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a9cd;
$custom-light: #82c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68653,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A9CD

secondary

#D19D8D

accent

#6A44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A9CD

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

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