#35A9CE#35A9CE

#35A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A9CE
RGB	rgb(53, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -19.72, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 34.27, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0818 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.113 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7921, 33.5859, 63.4512)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A9CE #CE5A35

analogous

#35CEA6 #35A9CE #355CCE

triadic

#35A9CE #CE35A9 #A9CE35

tetradic

#35A9CE #A635CE #CE5A35 #5CCE35

square

#35A9CE #A635CE #CE5A35 #5CCE35

split-complementary

#35A9CE #CE355C #CEA635

monochromatic

#1B5A6E #27829F #35A9CE #66BEDA #98D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#35A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#35A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A9CE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A9CE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2dd',
    500: '#35a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a9ce;
$custom-light: #82c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68697,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A9CE

secondary

#D19E8D

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A9CE

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

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