#35AACC#35AACC

#35AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35AACC
RGB	rgb(53, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -20.89, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 33.81, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0835 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.112 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7375, 33.8628, 62.2420)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35AACC #CC5735

analogous

#35CCA2 #35AACC #355ECC

triadic

#35AACC #CC35AA #AACC35

tetradic

#35AACC #A235CC #CC5735 #5ECC35

square

#35AACC #A235CC #CC5735 #5ECC35

split-complementary

#35AACC #CC355E #CCA235

monochromatic

#1B596B #27829C #35AACC #66BFD8 #97D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#35AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#35AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35AACC

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35AACC	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3db',
    500: '#35aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35aacc;
$custom-light: #82c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35AACC

secondary

#D09C8D

accent

#6945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35AACC

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

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