#35CDEF#35CDEF

#35CDEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.129 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35CDEF
RGB	rgb(53, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 85%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -27.41, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 39.07, 225.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1032 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.129 217)
XYZ	xyz(38.8729, 50.6467, 89.3716)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35CDEF #EF5735

analogous

#35EFB4 #35CDEF #3570EF

triadic

#35CDEF #EF35CD #CDEF35

tetradic

#35CDEF #B435EF #EF5735 #70EF35

square

#35CDEF #B435EF #EF5735 #70EF35

split-complementary

#35CDEF #EF3570 #EFB435

monochromatic

#0C839D #11B2D6 #35CDEF #6EDBF3 #A6E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#35CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#35CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35CDEF

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35CDEF	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.129 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcf4',
    500: '#35cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35cdef;
$custom-light: #89dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.968,
    "s": 85.321,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78612,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.50652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35CDEF

secondary

#A03E28

accent

#522CFC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #35CDEF

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

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