#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
RGBrgb(53, 179, 223)
HSLhsl(196, 73%, 54%)
HSVhsv(196, 76%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(76.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.26, -19.36, -31.80)
CIE-LCHlch(68.26, 37.23, 238.66°)
OKLaboklab(71.82% -0.085 -0.0892)
OKLCHoklch(71.82% 0.123 226.4)
XYZxyz(30.9021, 38.3211, 75.5658)
Luminance0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##35B3DF1.002.428.668.66
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

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

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#35B3DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva