#35B2CB#35B2CB

#35B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B2CB
RGB	rgb(53, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -25.31, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 33.81, 221.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0917 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.111 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1635, 36.9061, 62.1276)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B2CB #CB4E35

analogous

#35CB99 #35B2CB #3567CB

triadic

#35B2CB #CB35B2 #B2CB35

tetradic

#35B2CB #9935CB #CB4E35 #67CB35

square

#35B2CB #9935CB #CB4E35 #67CB35

split-complementary

#35B2CB #CB3567 #CB9935

monochromatic

#1B5D6A #28889B #35B2CB #66C5D8 #96D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#35B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#35B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B2CB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B2CB	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9da',
    500: '#35b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b2cb;
$custom-light: #82c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B2CB

secondary

#CF988C

accent

#6046E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B2CB

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

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