#35ACD6#35ACD6

#35ACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.118 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35ACD6
RGB	rgb(53, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -18.66, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 35.84, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0817 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.119 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3533, 35.1136, 68.8886)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35ACD6 #D65F35

analogous

#35D6AF #35ACD6 #355CD6

triadic

#35ACD6 #D635AC #ACD635

tetradic

#35ACD6 #AF35D6 #D65F35 #5CD635

square

#35ACD6 #AF35D6 #D65F35 #5CD635

split-complementary

#35ACD6 #D6355C #D6AF35

monochromatic

#185F78 #2388AB #35ACD6 #68C1E0 #9BD6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#35ACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#35ACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35ACD6

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35ACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35ACD6	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35acd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.118 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e2',
    500: '#35acd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35acd6;
$custom-light: #83c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35acd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69766,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35ACD6

secondary

#D6A390

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #35ACD6

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

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