#35B5D0#35B5D0

#35B5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5D0
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -25.24, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 34.51, 223.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0926 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.114 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3724, 38.3552, 65.5175)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5D0 #D05035

analogous

#35D09E #35B5D0 #3567D0

triadic

#35B5D0 #D035B5 #B5D035

tetradic

#35B5D0 #9E35D0 #D05035 #67D035

square

#35B5D0 #9E35D0 #D05035 #67D035

split-complementary

#35B5D0 #D03567 #D09E35

monochromatic

#1A6170 #268CA2 #35B5D0 #67C7DC #98D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#35B5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5D0

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5D0	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbde',
    500: '#35b5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5d0;
$custom-light: #83cbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.452,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5D0

secondary

#D39A8E

accent

#5F42E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5D0

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

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