#35B5D1#35B5D1

#35B5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5D1
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -24.92, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 34.62, 223.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0922 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.114 216)
XYZ	xyz(29.4958, 38.4045, 66.1675)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5D1 #D15135

analogous

#35D19F #35B5D1 #3567D1

triadic

#35B5D1 #D135B5 #B5D135

tetradic

#35B5D1 #9F35D1 #D15135 #67D135

square

#35B5D1 #9F35D1 #D15135 #67D135

split-complementary

#35B5D1 #D13567 #D19F35

monochromatic

#1A6272 #258DA4 #35B5D1 #67C7DC #99DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#35B5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5D1

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5D1	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdf',
    500: '#35b5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5d1;
$custom-light: #83cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.38408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5D1

secondary

#D39B8F

accent

#5F42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5D1

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

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