#35B4DF#35B4DF

#35B4DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B4DF
RGB	rgb(53, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -19.89, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 37.12, 237.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.086 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.123 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1032, 38.7233, 75.6328)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B4DF #DF6035

analogous

#35DFB5 #35B4DF #355FDF

triadic

#35B4DF #DF35B4 #B4DF35

tetradic

#35B4DF #B535DF #DF6035 #5FDF35

square

#35B4DF #B535DF #DF6035 #5FDF35

split-complementary

#35B4DF #DF355F #DFB535

monochromatic

#156885 #1D92B9 #35B4DF #6AC8E7 #9FDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#35B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B4DF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B4DF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae9',
    500: '#35b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b4df;
$custom-light: #85cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.176,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B4DF

secondary

#DCA694

accent

#6738EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B4DF

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

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