#35B3DF#35B3DF

#35B3DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.123 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B3DF
RGB	rgb(53, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -19.36, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 37.23, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.085 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.123 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9021, 38.3211, 75.5658)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B3DF #DF6135

analogous

#35DFB6 #35B3DF #355EDF

triadic

#35B3DF #DF35B3 #B3DF35

tetradic

#35B3DF #B635DF #DF6135 #5EDF35

square

#35B3DF #B635DF #DF6135 #5EDF35

split-complementary

#35B3DF #DF355E #DFB635

monochromatic

#156885 #1D91B9 #35B3DF #6AC7E7 #9FDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#35B3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B3DF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B3DF	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.123 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9e9',
    500: '#35b3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b3df;
$custom-light: #85c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B3DF

secondary

#DCA694

accent

#6838EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B3DF

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

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