#35B8DA#35B8DA

#35B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8DA
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -23.57, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 35.91, 228.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0916 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.119 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2583, 40.0960, 72.4079)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8DA #DA5735

analogous

#35DAAA #35B8DA #3565DA

triadic

#35B8DA #DA35B8 #B8DA35

tetradic

#35B8DA #AA35DA #DA5735 #65DA35

square

#35B8DA #AA35DA #DA5735 #65DA35

split-complementary

#35B8DA #DA3565 #DAAA35

monochromatic

#17687E #2093B1 #35B8DA #69CAE3 #9CDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#35B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#35B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8DA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8DA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde5',
    500: '#35b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8da;
$custom-light: #85cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.364,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72785,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8DA

secondary

#D9A092

accent

#603CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8DA

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

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