#35B6D4#35B6D4

#35B6D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B6D4
RGB	rgb(53, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -24.48, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 35.02, 225.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.092 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.116 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0748, 38.9626, 68.2101)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B6D4 #D45335

analogous

#35D4A3 #35B6D4 #3567D4

triadic

#35B6D4 #D435B6 #B6D435

tetradic

#35B6D4 #A335D4 #D45335 #67D435

square

#35B6D4 #A335D4 #D45335 #67D435

split-complementary

#35B6D4 #D43567 #D4A335

monochromatic

#196476 #248FA8 #35B6D4 #67C8DF #9ADAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#35B6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#35B6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B6D4

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B6D4	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cce1',
    500: '#35b6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b6d4;
$custom-light: #84cce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B6D4

secondary

#D59D90

accent

#6040E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B6D4

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

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