#35B2DF#35B2DF

#35B2DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B2DF
RGB	rgb(53, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -18.84, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 37.36, 239.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0841 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.124 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7024, 37.9217, 75.4992)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B2DF #DF6235

analogous

#35DFB7 #35B2DF #355DDF

triadic

#35B2DF #DF35B2 #B2DF35

tetradic

#35B2DF #B735DF #DF6235 #5DDF35

square

#35B2DF #B735DF #DF6235 #5DDF35

split-complementary

#35B2DF #DF355D #DFB735

monochromatic

#156785 #1D90B9 #35B2DF #6AC6E7 #9FDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#35B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#35B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B2DF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B2DF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9e9',
    500: '#35b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b2df;
$custom-light: #85c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B2DF

secondary

#DCA794

accent

#6938EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B2DF

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

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