#35AACD#35AACD

#35AACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35AACD
RGB	rgb(53, 170, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -20.57, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 34.00, 232.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0831 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.112 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8578, 33.9109, 62.8757)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35AACD #CD5835

analogous

#35CDA4 #35AACD #355ECD

triadic

#35AACD #CD35AA #AACD35

tetradic

#35AACD #A435CD #CD5835 #5ECD35

square

#35AACD #A435CD #CD5835 #5ECD35

split-complementary

#35AACD #CD355E #CDA435

monochromatic

#1B5A6D #27829E #35AACD #66BFD9 #97D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#35AACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#35AACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35AACD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35AACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35AACD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35aacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 170, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3dc',
    500: '#35aacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35aacd;
$custom-light: #82c3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35aacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.816,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68892,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35AACD

secondary

#D19D8D

accent

#6944E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35AACD

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

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