#35B5D3#35B5D3

#35B5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5D3
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -24.29, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 34.87, 225.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0914 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.115 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7450, 38.5042, 67.4798)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5D3 #D35335

analogous

#35D3A2 #35B5D3 #3566D3

triadic

#35B5D3 #D335B5 #B5D335

tetradic

#35B5D3 #A235D3 #D35335 #66D335

square

#35B5D3 #A235D3 #D35335 #66D335

split-complementary

#35B5D3 #D33566 #D3A235

monochromatic

#196374 #248EA7 #35B5D3 #67C7DE #9ADAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#35B5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#35B5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5D3

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5D3	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbe0',
    500: '#35b5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5d3;
$custom-light: #84cbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5D3

secondary

#D59C8F

accent

#6041E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5D3

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

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