#35AFDF#35AFDF

#35AFDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35AFDF
RGB	rgb(53, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -17.26, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 37.79, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0813 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.125 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1120, 36.7409, 75.3024)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35AFDF #DF6535

analogous

#35DFBA #35AFDF #355ADF

triadic

#35AFDF #DF35AF #AFDF35

tetradic

#35AFDF #BA35DF #DF6535 #5ADF35

square

#35AFDF #BA35DF #DF6535 #5ADF35

split-complementary

#35AFDF #DF355A #DFBA35

monochromatic

#156585 #1D8DB9 #35AFDF #6AC4E7 #9FD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#35AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#35AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35AFDF

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35AFDF	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e9',
    500: '#35afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35afdf;
$custom-light: #85c7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.941,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35AFDF

secondary

#DCA894

accent

#6C38EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35AFDF

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

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