#35B0CD#35B0CD

#35B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B0CD
RGB	rgb(53, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -23.66, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 33.94, 225.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0889 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.112 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0083, 36.2120, 63.2592)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B0CD #CD5235

analogous

#35CD9E #35B0CD #3564CD

triadic

#35B0CD #CD35B0 #B0CD35

tetradic

#35B0CD #9E35CD #CD5235 #64CD35

square

#35B0CD #9E35CD #CD5235 #64CD35

split-complementary

#35B0CD #CD3564 #CD9E35

monochromatic

#1B5D6D #27879E #35B0CD #66C3D9 #97D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#35B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#35B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B0CD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B0CD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7dc',
    500: '#35b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b0cd;
$custom-light: #82c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.447,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B0CD

secondary

#D19A8D

accent

#6344E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B0CD

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

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