#35BDDC#35BDDC

#35BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDDC
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -25.46, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 36.25, 225.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0956 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.12 217)
XYZ	xyz(32.5786, 42.3154, 74.1469)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDDC #DC5435

analogous

#35DCA7 #35BDDC #3569DC

triadic

#35BDDC #DC35BD #BDDC35

tetradic

#35BDDC #A735DC #DC5435 #69DC35

square

#35BDDC #A735DC #DC5435 #69DC35

split-complementary

#35BDDC #DC3569 #DCA735

monochromatic

#166D80 #1F99B5 #35BDDC #69CEE5 #9DDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#35BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#35BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDDC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDDC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1e7',
    500: '#35bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bddc;
$custom-light: #85d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.138,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.42319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDDC

secondary

#DAA093

accent

#5C3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDDC

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

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