#35ABD7#35ABD7

#35ABD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35ABD7
RGB	rgb(53, 171, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -17.80, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 36.22, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0804 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.12 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2918, 34.7856, 69.5000)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35ABD7 #D76135

analogous

#35D7B2 #35ABD7 #355AD7

triadic

#35ABD7 #D735AB #ABD735

tetradic

#35ABD7 #B235D7 #D76135 #5AD735

square

#35ABD7 #B235D7 #D76135 #5AD735

split-complementary

#35ABD7 #D7355A #D7B235

monochromatic

#185F7A #2287AD #35ABD7 #68C0E1 #9BD5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#35ABD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#35ABD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35ABD7

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35ABD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35ABD7	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35abd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 171, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e3',
    500: '#35abd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35abd7;
$custom-light: #83c4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35abd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69574,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35ABD7

secondary

#D7A491

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35ABD7

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

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