#35B9DC#35B9DC

#35B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9DC
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -23.44, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 36.22, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0918 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.12 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7300, 40.6183, 73.8641)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9DC #DC5835

analogous

#35DCAB #35B9DC #3565DC

triadic

#35B9DC #DC35B9 #B9DC35

tetradic

#35B9DC #AB35DC #DC5835 #65DC35

square

#35B9DC #AB35DC #DC5835 #65DC35

split-complementary

#35B9DC #DC3565 #DCAB35

monochromatic

#166A80 #1F95B5 #35B9DC #69CBE5 #9DDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#35B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#35B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9DC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9DC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cee7',
    500: '#35b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9dc;
$custom-light: #85cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.575,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73107,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9DC

secondary

#DAA293

accent

#603BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9DC

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

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