#35B5D2#35B5D2

#35B5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5D2
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -24.61, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 34.74, 224.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0918 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.115 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6200, 38.4542, 66.8216)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5D2 #D25235

analogous

#35D2A1 #35B5D2 #3567D2

triadic

#35B5D2 #D235B5 #B5D235

tetradic

#35B5D2 #A135D2 #D25235 #67D235

square

#35B5D2 #A135D2 #D25235 #67D235

split-complementary

#35B5D2 #D23567 #D2A135

monochromatic

#1A6273 #258DA5 #35B5D2 #67C7DD #99DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#35B5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5D2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5D2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdf',
    500: '#35b5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5d2;
$custom-light: #83cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.083,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5D2

secondary

#D49C8F

accent

#6041E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5D2

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

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