#35AEDF#35AEDF

#35AEDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35AEDF
RGB	rgb(53, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -16.73, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 37.96, 243.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0803 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.125 230)
XYZ	xyz(29.9181, 36.3531, 75.2378)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35AEDF #DF6635

analogous

#35DFBB #35AEDF #3559DF

triadic

#35AEDF #DF35AE #AEDF35

tetradic

#35AEDF #BB35DF #DF6635 #59DF35

square

#35AEDF #BB35DF #DF6635 #59DF35

split-complementary

#35AEDF #DF3559 #DFBB35

monochromatic

#156485 #1D8CB9 #35AEDF #6AC3E7 #9FD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#35AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#35AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35AEDF

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35AEDF	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e9',
    500: '#35aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35aedf;
$custom-light: #85c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.294,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.36357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35AEDF

secondary

#DCA994

accent

#6D38EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35AEDF

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

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