#35B5CF#35B5CF

#35B5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5CF
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -25.56, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 34.41, 222.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.093 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.113 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2498, 38.3061, 64.8716)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5CF #CF4F35

analogous

#35CF9C #35B5CF #3568CF

triadic

#35B5CF #CF35B5 #B5CF35

tetradic

#35B5CF #9C35CF #CF4F35 #68CF35

square

#35B5CF #9C35CF #CF4F35 #68CF35

split-complementary

#35B5CF #CF3568 #CF9C35

monochromatic

#1A616F #268CA1 #35B5CF #66C7DB #98D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#35B5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5CF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5CF	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)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdd',
    500: '#35b5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5cf;
$custom-light: #83cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5CF

secondary

#D2998E

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5CF

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

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