#35BCDC#35BCDC

#35BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCDC
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -24.96, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 36.23, 226.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0946 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.12 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3642, 41.8867, 74.0755)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCDC #DC5535

analogous

#35DCA8 #35BCDC #3568DC

triadic

#35BCDC #DC35BC #BCDC35

tetradic

#35BCDC #A835DC #DC5535 #68DC35

square

#35BCDC #A835DC #DC5535 #68DC35

split-complementary

#35BCDC #DC3568 #DCA835

monochromatic

#166C80 #1F98B5 #35BCDC #69CDE5 #9DDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#35BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#35BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCDC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCDC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0e7',
    500: '#35bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcdc;
$custom-light: #85d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.497,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCDC

secondary

#DAA093

accent

#5D3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCDC

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

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